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Being new to Wifi i thought i would share some findings with those of you
who use WIFI
Little hacking experiment
Setup Home network
Netgear Wg602 wifi access point ( 54g)
Router with broadband connection 1 MB
P4
Encryption WEP 64 bit
Receiver laptop
ADVENT Amd 64
With own internal wifi card
Hacking laptop
As above but with DWL-AG650 wifi card.
Ok I have a wifi network at home and started to get a bit paranoid at the
security of WEP encryption so I got myself a new network card DWL-AG650
(Atheros chip set) for my laptop, downloaded the driver to put the card in
to monitor mode.
On my home wifi setup I logged on to P2P network and tagged about 100 mg of
files for download. another way is to run ICMP Ping Flood.
From my hacking laptop I then ran airodump to collect the traces of packets
flying through the air, being generated by my wifi network.
I left it running for approx 3 hours and collected approx 200000 class IV
packets.
Once completed dragged the file into aircrack, set fudge factor to 4,
encryption to 64 started it off, within less than 2 minutes it found the
key.
Conclusion
64 bit encryption not secure enough, I will try the same experiment with 128
encryption.
2-3 hours is not that long a time to sit out side someone's house or factory
( as long as there is a lot of wifi traffic).
From these findings I now unplug my wifi when doing internet banking etc. I
don't think I will drop the wifi as I find the flexibility very useful
accessing the net from anywhere in the house or garden, but will now look
into WPA.
Range rover 4.0SE
1972 Landy
who use WIFI
Little hacking experiment
Setup Home network
Netgear Wg602 wifi access point ( 54g)
Router with broadband connection 1 MB
P4
Encryption WEP 64 bit
Receiver laptop
ADVENT Amd 64
With own internal wifi card
Hacking laptop
As above but with DWL-AG650 wifi card.
Ok I have a wifi network at home and started to get a bit paranoid at the
security of WEP encryption so I got myself a new network card DWL-AG650
(Atheros chip set) for my laptop, downloaded the driver to put the card in
to monitor mode.
On my home wifi setup I logged on to P2P network and tagged about 100 mg of
files for download. another way is to run ICMP Ping Flood.
From my hacking laptop I then ran airodump to collect the traces of packets
flying through the air, being generated by my wifi network.
I left it running for approx 3 hours and collected approx 200000 class IV
packets.
Once completed dragged the file into aircrack, set fudge factor to 4,
encryption to 64 started it off, within less than 2 minutes it found the
key.
Conclusion
64 bit encryption not secure enough, I will try the same experiment with 128
encryption.
2-3 hours is not that long a time to sit out side someone's house or factory
( as long as there is a lot of wifi traffic).
From these findings I now unplug my wifi when doing internet banking etc. I
don't think I will drop the wifi as I find the flexibility very useful
accessing the net from anywhere in the house or garden, but will now look
into WPA.
Range rover 4.0SE
1972 Landy