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Re[2]: Pentesting a WEP-protected wifi network


From: Roman Shirokov <insecure () yandex ru>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 23:57:26 +0300

Hello Chris,

Wednesday, January 11, 2006, 4:25:17 AM, you wrote:

Try using the live linux distro's WHax and Auditor

The Auditor's site has flash demos on cracking WEP/WPA at remote-exploit.org

They are combining to for a new distro.

Chris Serafin
IT Security/Voice Engineer
chris () chrisserafin com
Cisco80211 - irc


IMO, the real problem with Live CDs - they usually don't contain
particular driver for your wi-fi card, I found this for Knoppix 3.5 and my
wi-fi card Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 BG, laptop IBM T42. Although, there
are drivers for linux - ipw2200, I use them with Gentoo distr.


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