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Re: Dsniff'ng wireless networks
From: ed.rolison () power alstom com
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:09:58 +0100
Correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC wireless lans are effectively switched. Each access point-NIC uses a separate encryption key (there are weaknesses but...) and thus the NIC only 'sees' traffic being directed at it. It seems also that it's quite hard to get them to enter promiscuous mode for similar reasons - if it's listening to all the traffic, then the encryption breaks down. You might have some joy, but the best I can see for collecting the datagrams would be something like a scanner (radio) interfaced to a computer. Of course, you still have to break the encryption, but there was an article posted to one of the securityfocus lists regarding 'weaknesses' in WEP. (this is based on a little research I did into 802.11b YMMV) Cheers Ed CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus Security Intelligence Alert (SIA) Service For more information on SecurityFocus' SIA service which automatically alerts you to the latest security vulnerabilities please see: https://alerts.securityfocus.com/
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