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topolb · 06-24-2004

Hi r00t3hell

First of all. When I said 1.5M packets to break the key, I mean 1.5 Million packets, not 1.5 Megabytes

So it does not matter how many megabytes have you captured. The important issue is HOW MANY WEP ENCRYPTED DATA packets have you captured.

You only have 55.000 packets. With this amount it is impossible to use FMS. You have to either capture more packets (at least 1M), or use bruteforce (2 month processing time for 64-bit key, or many years for 128-bit).

If weplab were able to crack the key quickly with 1.5 Megabytes of captured traffic I think that Matrix would already had me x)

06-24-2004	#66 (permalink)
topolb Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 67	Hi r00t3hell First of all. When I said 1.5M packets to break the key, I mean 1.5 Million packets, not 1.5 Megabytes So it does not matter how many megabytes have you captured. The important issue is HOW MANY WEP ENCRYPTED DATA packets have you captured. You only have 55.000 packets. With this amount it is impossible to use FMS. You have to either capture more packets (at least 1M), or use bruteforce (2 month processing time for 64-bit key, or many years for 128-bit). If weplab were able to crack the key quickly with 1.5 Megabytes of captured traffic I think that Matrix would already had me x)