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Date:  Tue, 07 Jun 2005 07:48:21 -0400
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From:  "Julian Thomas" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] The Feds can own your WLAN too : TomsNetworking :

In <42A3D7AC.4010204@2rosenthals.com>, on 06/06/05 
   at 12:57 AM, Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> typed:

>I missed this one (most likely due to the usual tax season nightmare 
>which is my life between the end of January and the end of April). It 
>talks about how with some newer tools, 128-bit WEP can be cracked in a 
>just a few minutes (instead of weeks, as it used to be).

>http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article111-page1.php

I downloaded the auditors security collection referenced in the article,
and burned it.  It's a nice Knoppix runnable CD with a lot of networking
tools (surprise) along with Firefox and Konqueror browsers.

However, while it was able to recognize my Cisco 340 card, it couldn't
manage the Belkin FS06020 [the one that allegedly works with eCS - I've
never tried to find or install the drivers since the Cisco setup "ain't
broke"].

I played with a few of the tools, including spoofing my mac (and found
that this immediately made my WAP inaccessible, since I filter on MAC),
but without a second wireless computer (i.e. a working session) there
wasn't a lot to be done.
 
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 In the beautiful Finger Lakes Wine Country of New York State!
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