Re: Pentesting a WEP-protected wifi network

["David M. Zendzian" <dmz () dmzs com>]

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Other than one or two commercial tools, which I admit I don't recall the 
name of but am sure someone here will post, your best bet is to boot 
from a knoppix bootable CD and use linux tools. That way you don't have 
to install linux, but get the benifits of all the tools :)

Rodrigo Blanco wrote:

> Hello list,
>
> I am currenty trying to pentest a wireless network protected with WEP
> (not sure if 40/64 or 104/128 bit).
>
> I would like to know what are the best tools to use if the equipment I
> have for the pentest is an XP workstation with a 802.11b D-link
> wireless card.
>
> I know there are many tools for Unix / Linux with certain wifi cards,
> but I would like to prove if it is feasible to break a WEP key with
> just an XP and any wifi card.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help and best regards,
> Rodrigo.
>
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