Re: Wifi Security

["Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve () telecomplete co uk>]

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Niels Bakker wrote:

> * steve () telecomplete co uk (Stephen J. Wilcox) [Mon 21 Nov 2005, 16:07 CET]:
> > On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> > > Why would you even need to set up an AP?  Why not just sit and sniff
> > > traffic?  Gets you the _exact_ same information.
> > man in the middle is easier if you are the gateway, no need to steal arp
>
> It's *wireless*!  You can just sit and sniff traffic, no need to play 
> ARP games to redirect traffic to you.

i was more thinking in terms of breaking into encrypted sessions by spoofing the 
server and client

> > heres some fun, next time you're at nanog or your favourite geek conference,
> > just run 'tcpdump -w - -s1500 -nn|strings|grep -i password' and be prepared
> > to hit scroll lock ;)
>
> I've visited conferences where the wireless LAN was deemed "secure" by the
> organisation because they had outlawed sniffers.

hehe :)

Steve