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Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

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Originally Posted by qwerty12 (Post 249931)

Oh, for sure:

http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pete/upside-down-ternet.html

I'd use that script to redirect the guy to goatse personally...

nice,

cant turn my router off as my server pc would then lose netconnection and i use that to monitier my home while at work :(

if it was a stormy night and youu had a dead car and a dead phone i'd like to think you'd knock on a door before illegaly hacking someones wifi!

i reported this to the mods but couldnt find who to report it to officialy though i have emailed the C I B (citezens advice beuru) they should be able to advise me where to report this to.you serously believe everyone here just wants to check there wifi security?

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

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Originally Posted by mrgreaper (Post 249969)

you serously believe everyone here just wants to check there wifi security?

I do.

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Originally Posted by D'ohboy (Post 249829)

Finally, security through obscurity does not work, if it did Windows would be the most secure OS out there.

Huh? What?

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

I've used programs like this to test my security too.

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

I was making a crack at Windows, because they support security through obscurity. To quote Windows v Linux security: the real facts.

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Myth Open Source Software is inherently dangerous because its source code is widely available, whereas Windows 'blueprints' are carefully guarded by Microsoft.
Fact This 'inherent danger' clearly has not manifested itself in terms of actual attacks. Windows-specific viruses, Trojans, worms and malicious programs exist in huge numbers, so if one gives any credence at all to this claim, one would do better to phrase it 'Open Source Software ought to be more dangerous'. But the claim itself hinges on the view - rejected by reputable security professionals - that obscurity aids security. Obscurity/secrecy can also make it more difficult for the vendors themselves to identify vulnerabilities in their own products, and can lead to security issues being neglected because they are not widely-known. The Open Source model, on the other hand, facilitates widespread review and makes it easier to identify and correct flaws. Modular design principles support this, while the overall approach is far more in line with security industry thinking than is 'security through obscurity.'

In addition good security practices like using WPA2, a strong password, and changing that password periodically are just good habits to have. Also I would liken this software to any other tool like for example torrent software, it can be used to pirate films and TV shows, but I have used torrents to download Ubuntu Linux ISOs. Software is just software it is how someone uses it that makes it bad or good.

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

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Originally Posted by mrgreaper (Post 249969)

if it was a stormy night and youu had a dead car and a dead phone i'd like to think you'd knock on a door before illegaly hacking someones wifi!

Depends on the part of town I'm driving through...

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i reported this to the mods but couldnt find who to report it to officialy though i have emailed the C I B (citezens advice beuru) they should be able to advise me where to report this to.you serously believe everyone here just wants to check there wifi security?

Are... are you kidding? None of this is illegal. You're threatening to report a bunch of geeks (who mostly live outside your country) with reporting them to... someone.

I use this software for security testing on several networks, mon amie.

Where are the grammar nazis when you need them, anyway? ;)

/shrugs

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

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Originally Posted by D'ohboy (Post 250037)

I was making a crack at Windows, because they support security through obscurity.

I didn't understand your comment because most of the (non-embedded) computers in the world run Windows, and the Windows API is designed for a great deal of backwards-compatibility; there's very little obscure about Windows at all. :D

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

Heh, I guess I should have made a distinction between the obscure of "Man this weeks Robot Chicken referenced a lot of obscure 80's cartoons" and obscure of "The curtain obscured the man behind the curtain."

I also wonder if setting your router to hand out only a limited number of IP addresses would help security.

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

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Originally Posted by D'ohboy (Post 250090)

Who is Robot Chicken? ;)

And Bill Gates might be standing behind the curtain, but I can see his shoes.

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Originally Posted by D'ohboy (Post 250090)

I also wonder if setting your router to hand out only a limited number of IP addresses would help security.

WPA with a strong password is fine. Unless you're a bank or something.

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

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Originally Posted by luca (Post 112312)

But since the relevant part of the driver is closed source it's impossible to modify, so the only way is using an external adapter.

closed source meaning they legally wont let u modify it if one can get their hands on it?

.. must be someone with spare time and skills to rewrite the internal NIC driver

I'll throw at least $40 in for whoever does it

Re: rt73 + aireplay-ng = packet injection

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Originally Posted by Benson (Post 226505)

..It's a new driver and it's still alpha. (Even if it was the existing driver open-sourced, someone would still need to write an injection patch...)

you can guess what's on my xmas wishlist!