RE: V/Scan for Wireless LANs

From: Whiteside, Larry [contractor] (BAE14_at_SPHQ.SSP.NAVY.MIL)
Date: 07/18/03

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    Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 12:47:49 -0400
To: "Ian Chilvers" <Ian.Chilvers@prolateral.com>, <pen-test@securityfocus.com>

    Ian,

    Try WEPcrack or Airsnort. Both are for Linux, but both are very nice tools. WEPCrack was the first to crack WEP, but Airsnort seems to be a bit more user friendly. I have not seen a solution for windows. Happy Cracking!

    L
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    Larry Whiteside Jr.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Ian Chilvers [mailto:Ian.Chilvers@prolateral.com]
    Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 8:19 AM
    To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
    Subject: V/Scan for Wireless LANs

    Hi all

    We've been asked to perform a vulnerability assessment for a company that
    has a Wireless LAN. The W/LAN is running WEP with a random key generated,
    rather than a dictionary word.

    Are there any tools out there that can brute force a WEP.

    Take this example. A person parks the car in the car park and sniffs the
    air waves with a product like NetStumbler. He discovers the W/LAN but with
    WEP.

    Is there a tool he can use to discover the WEP key (possible by brute force)

    If there isn't such a tool, how does this sound for an idea.

    Run a app that starts at binary 0's and counts upto 128bits of 1's
    For each sequence listen to see if there are any sensible packets or even
    send out a DHCP discover request to see if you get a reply. This would then
    possibly give you the WEP key.

    Any comments

    Ian....

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