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Re: Wireless Cards for pen testing?
From: "Thomas d'Otreppe" <tdotreppe () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 18:38:49 +0200
2006/8/10, Sean Calista <scalista () nitrosecurity com>:
Hi, I would recommend getting a prism chipset or a Orinoco chipset. I have the SENAO NL-2511CD EXT2 (prism chipset) and a Cisco Aironet 350. Using Kismet and tools for wep cracking work great with my Cisco Aironet 350. However if you want to use a program such as void11 to perform de_authenication and use the HostAP drivers you need to have a prism chipset based card. Prism chipset based cards are an all around great chipset, It works well performing wep and wpa cracking and still has the ability to work with most penetration testing tools. Note : The Senao NL-2511cd does not have a internal antenna. I bought a small MMCX antenna that hooks into it. I also use a 7db and a 14db antenna(yagi) as well. My Senao works great with void 11,wep_crack,kismet,airdump, and other tools on backtrack and auditor.
Prism2 cards works quite well, I would also recommend them. But orinoco is getting very old and only capturing packets works, you cannot inject packets, you shouldn't buy them. And also, the driver doesn't works well on recent kernels. I would also recommend an atheros card, you can find cheap ones (less than 20 euro) and you can also modify them to add an antenna connector. If you can afford, you can buy the Ubiquiti SRC which has 2 antenna connectors and is able to works on 2.4 and 5Ghz (300mw max), that's a really good card. About void11, I think most of these features can be found on mdk2 ( http://tinyshell.be/aircrackng/forum/index.php?topic=172.0 ) and it works with nearly all chipsets that are able to inject packets. Thomas ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: CenzicConcerned about Web Application Security? Why not go with the #1 solution - Cenzic, the only one to win the Analyst's Choice Award from eWeek. As attacks through web applications continue to rise, you need to proactively protect your applications from hackers. Cenzic has the most comprehensive solutions to meet your application security penetration testing and vulnerability management needs. You have an option to go with a managed service (Cenzic ClickToSecure) or an enterprise software (Cenzic Hailstorm). Download FREE whitepaper on how a managed service can help you: http://www.cenzic.com/news_events/wpappsec.php And, now for a limited time we can do a FREE audit for you to confirm your results from other product. Contact us at request () cenzic com for details.
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