Re: Pentesting a WEP-protected wifi network

From: David M. Zendzian (dmz@dmzs.com)
Date: Tue Jan 10 2006 - 23:47:12 EST


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Other than one or two commercial tools, which I admit I don't recall the
name of but am sure someone here will post, your best bet is to boot
from a knoppix bootable CD and use linux tools. That way you don't have
to install linux, but get the benifits of all the tools :)

Rodrigo Blanco wrote:

>Hello list,
>
>I am currenty trying to pentest a wireless network protected with WEP
>(not sure if 40/64 or 104/128 bit).
>
>I would like to know what are the best tools to use if the equipment I
>have for the pentest is an XP workstation with a 802.11b D-link
>wireless card.
>
>I know there are many tools for Unix / Linux with certain wifi cards,
>but I would like to prove if it is feasible to break a WEP key with
>just an XP and any wifi card.
>
>Thanks in advance for your help and best regards,
>Rodrigo.
>
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