Re: Wireless Network

From: CyberDroog (CyberDroog_at_ClockworkOrange.com)
Date: 08/04/05 

Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 06:45:26 GMT

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 19:06:26 -0600, "Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com>
wrote:

>> Install a packet sniffer designed for wireless networks, such as AiroPeek,
>> which also includes a WEP decryptor. (WEP is easy to break once enough
>> traffic has been captured.)
>
>Using this packet sniffer, what is actually seen? IOW, if I edit a
>spread*** on my system and save the file, what of my actual data content
>is seen by the packet sniffer? Does the packet sniffer format the data or is
>it just a stream of hex or binary stuff?

It's a stream of TCP/IP packets, the same as an ethernet network, encased
in the wireless protocol. Often they are just examined in a technical way
to troubleshoot a network, but using the right tools they can be
reassembled and viewed in real-time, as if the person were sitting at your
system.

As for the spread*** example, if you are saving it to your local hard
drive there will be no network traffic to capture. But if you saved, or
copied, the spread*** to another system on your wireless LAN, it can be
intercepted. Without encryption you might as well just broadcast it on
national television. But even with encryption it can be intercepted. 

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