more hackers in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r8611704 en Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:12:44 EDT Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:12:44 EDT Defensive Techniques http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8617700 anon : Howdy,
So I've been involved in the Airsnarf project (I presented with Beetle at BlackHat Federal in DC a few months ago on the project). I've got a few things to say about this tool and the write-up about this.

First off, the type of attack that airsnarf carries out is not rocket science. It is not about breaking encryption but rather about tricking the client. The attack can be fully explained in about 5 minutes to a level that anyone with familiarity with 802.11 can fully understand it.

HOWEVER, not a single OS vendor, security tool provider, or driver vendor alert the user that this kind of attack is being performed. This is completely a layer 2 attack that should be caught by any wireless security tool. At the point of our talk at BH, nothing existed that would tell the user "hey, bad things are afoot... you should stop using this network". Airsnarf is a wakeup call to the vendors.

To that end, we also wrote the hotspot defense kit (HSDK). It's designed to alert the user that there is a layer 2 attack underway. It can be downloaded from the airsnaft page. Currently it only runs on OS X, but we are working on a windows port.

Finally, I am not a 3l337 blackhat hacker. :) I coauthored 802.11 Security through O'Reilly. I also try to educate as many people as I can about wireless security through talks, mailing lists, etc.

later]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8617700 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 21:36:59 EDT Re: more hackers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8616218 TheNerdShow : This applies to home and business networks using popular wireless networking gear and using a form of encryption or password protection. The issue is moot since most people don't even bother to password protect their networks.
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»thenerdshow.com »nerds.tk]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8616218 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:44:16 EDT Re: Where... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8615827 Mr_Stealth : lol
I just need to take the time to get it running on command line and then find the drivers
I'm fairly certain there are some working ones available

but I just tried to take the easy way out with Red Hat and Mandrake...got the through the install and gave it me a blank screen when it went to configure the video card

not like we really need to crack WEP keys...from what I have seen, most people don't have enough sense to use it anyway
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Say no to TCPA/TCG/NGSCB]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8615827 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:02:53 EDT Re: Where... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8613614 aSic : lol... the video card makes no difference at a command line..

...unless you're the wussy type that *NEEDS* X to do anything useful.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8613614 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:11:41 EDT Re: Where... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611794 Mr_Stealth : any Windows software like this?
my laptop's video card doesn't play well with Linux...I can't even use standard nVidia drivers with it, have to use Toshiba's

I've used NetStumbler, but it just finds networks
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Say no to TCPA/TCG/NGSCB]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611794 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:16:38 EDT Re: Where... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611782 cinnamon : Of course from The Shmoo Group. You are running Red Hat Linux 9.0 aren't you?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611782 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:15:52 EDT Re: more hackers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611762 Sisqo :
said by Vamp See Profile:
by listing the name of the tool publicaly is only educating more people in hacking..


This stinks, so how can someone really protect themselves? Now does this apply only to users that are using hotspots?
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Also check out Airsnort too. ;)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611715 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:10:03 EDT more hackers http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611704 Vamp : by listing the name of the tool publicaly is only educating more people in hacking..]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611704 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:09:23 EDT Where... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611641 kapil : ...can I get me a copy of this thing?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,8611641 Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:02:17 EDT