peanuttz Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 It might be a dumb question but, Does anyone have any good tutorials on how to hack someone wep or wpa key so I can get wireless? I have been trying to teach myself but I am having trouble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 WPA2 (AES only) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuttz Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 ok well what does that mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuttz Posted December 5, 2007 Author Share Posted December 5, 2007 Is cracking a wep or wpa key hard? I mean I got programs called aircrack, kismet,winpcap but im not sure what to do? I really would like to learn and get into this stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=newbie_guide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 ok well what does that mean? WPA can only use TKIP (says the standard, though some devices will allow AES to be used as well). WPA2 allows the use of both TKIP and AES (says the standard, though some devices will only allow AES with WPA2). Either way, AES is the 'stronger' of the two encryption algorithms and should be used if available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sablefoxx Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 The only time you can break a WPA key is if its really weak, dont waste you time trying to crack one, and WPA2 is even tougher. WEP is very weak all the time and can be broken in a matter of mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Your network is never safe but stick with WPA2, then to WPA, then to WEP as a last resort. MAC filtering is good also, and a RAS server is ideal. WPA2 is the hardest to crack (not saying it can't be done, just takes longer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 Aside from brute forcing, what methods of cracking WPA are there? My wireless NIC on my laptop won't support WPA2 under XP, (vista does it). I do use a 20 char randomly generated password (was 63 char, but try setting that up on a cell phone). So far, no problems, but it would be interesting to learn where I'm falling down on this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GonZor Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 I do use a 20 char randomly generated password (was 63 char, but try setting that up on a cell phone). Done, after *SEVERAL* attempts of entering the password :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sablefoxx Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Aside from brute forcing, what methods of cracking WPA are there? My wireless NIC on my laptop won't support WPA2 under XP, (vista does it). I do use a 20 char randomly generated password (was 63 char, but try setting that up on a cell phone). So far, no problems, but it would be interesting to learn where I'm falling down on this one. Wordlists / rainbow tables for common APs (neither is very effective) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 I use nither, I always Hard wire when possible, harder to break into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomeoneE1se Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 that's why I leave my cords running in the middle of the house... that's right it's for security.. yep security. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deleted Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 that's why I leave my cords running in the middle of the house... that's right it's for security.. yep security. Yes, Intruders trip on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 or you could just use a vpn to secure your wireless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 if your using WPA, just make sure the password is not a real word. most people will try to do a dictionary attack if your on WPA, so to be safe, just use either a random password generator such as this one https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm (a new random password is generated each time you refresh) or use a word thats not a real word but something that you can remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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