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Thorn · 09-03-2003

Capturing WEP is more of a lab exercise then anything else. Few people have actually done it successfully, even as an exersize under ideal conditions. It is certainly not something that happens in the field in real time. Plus, you if you break the WEP for a given network and act on it, your heading for criminal court.

To break WEP, you need to capture about 4GB data on average. That is then run through a WEP cracker like WEPcrack. Airsnort has both a capture and crack feature. If there are enough "weak" or "interesting" packets, then WEP will be broken in 15 minutes to 8 hours. Many cards no longer produce weak packets, so brute force cracking would have to take place. In that case, it is reportedly close to impossible to break.

This is covered in many threads in detail. Run a search for more details.

09-03-2003	#3 (permalink)
Thorn Did you do the math? Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Villa Straylight Posts: 10,098	Capturing WEP is more of a lab exercise then anything else. Few people have actually done it successfully, even as an exersize under ideal conditions. It is certainly not something that happens in the field in real time. Plus, you if you break the WEP for a given network and act on it, your heading for criminal court. To break WEP, you need to capture about 4GB data on average. That is then run through a WEP cracker like WEPcrack. Airsnort has both a capture and crack feature. If there are enough "weak" or "interesting" packets, then WEP will be broken in 15 minutes to 8 hours. Many cards no longer produce weak packets, so brute force cracking would have to take place. In that case, it is reportedly close to impossible to break. This is covered in many threads in detail. Run a search for more details. __________________ Thorn "I'm The Doctor. I'm a Time Lord. I am from the planet Gallifrey in the constellation Kasterborous. I'm 903 years old and I am the man who is going to save your lives and all 6 billion people on the planet below... You got a problem with that?"