Re: WEP & WPA decryption

[Al Grant <bigal.nz () gmail com>]

I dont know where you found that gem of information Gerald, but thats
awsome. Thanks.

On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Gerald Combs <gerald () wireshark org> wrote:

> The 802.11 WPA passphrase and SSID preferences let you encode
> non-printable or otherwise troublesome characters using URI-style
> percent escapes, e.g. %20 for a space. As a result you have to escape
> the percent characters themselves using %25.
>
> On 7/14/11 12:41 PM, kevin creason wrote:
> > Just a thought- did you try escaping the % sign or enclosing with single
> quotes?
> > So, try \&abcde1234\%, or single quotes as in '%abcde1234%'
> >
> > Certain specials characters are extra special. :)
> >
> > On windows, system variables are referenced as %NAME%.
> > Other systems it can be Hash variable signifier...
> > It's just a thought- I'm not sure if this is even remotely possible,
> > but it's always good to check.
> >
> >
> >
> > -Kevin
> > /*“ I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not
> > know what can't be done. ” -- Henry Ford  */
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Al Grant <bigal.nz () gmail com> wrote:
> > > HI All,
> > >
> > > A bit of a wireshark newbie here, but its such a powerful tool I am
> > > experimenting and learning.
> > >
> > > So far my experiments have lead me to a few questions. With WPA
> decryption I
> > > found that:
> > >
> > > With a WPA password of the format %word1234% I could not decrypt the
> > > packets? I wonder if the '%' interfered with it? As soon as I changed
> the
> > > password to abcd1234 it decrypted fine? Does anyone know what this was?
> > >
> > > Also with WEP decryption I assume that I do not need to capture the
> session
> > > handshake?
> > > With WEP decryption I have also had problems, I tried to enter the WEP
> Hex
> > > value in several formats:
> > >
> > > wep:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> > > xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> > > xxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > None of them worked - any ideas here?
> > >
> > > THanks in advance,
> > >
> > > -Al
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our
> power
> > > to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
> > >  - Viktor E. Frankl
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Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power
to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.
 - Viktor E. Frankl

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