[Novalug] Wireless Solution
John B. Holmblad
jholmblad@aol.com
Sat Sep 13 16:25:13 EDT 2008
Roger,
here are the url's to the www pages for an article and for a
presentation that describes a known ciphertext attack on WEP keys that
is aided by an understanding of how the common network protocols,in this
case ARP:
http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/resources/knowledge-center/caffe-latte.html
http://www.airtightnetworks.com/fileadmin/ppt/Toorcon.ppt
What makes this attack different from others that have been reported in
the literature is that it can be used even when a client 802.11 device
is turned on but NOT in the radio vicinity of any legitimate access
point. And like some other attacks, it is very fast (~6 minutes).
Best Regards,
John Holmblad
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Roger W. Broseus wrote:
> I've had problems under Linux with WPA for years so I just gave up and
> use WEP. My approach to increasing security is to both turn-off
> broadcasting of my Access Point identity AND to turn-on MAC address
> filtering for wireless on my Linksys router.
>
> This led to my inability to access my wireless when working on my
> daughter's Thinkpad - until I remembered that I needed to put her MAC
> into the setup for the wireless. The life of paranoid people is
> complicated <grin>.
>
> Roger W. Broseus - Linux User
> Email: RogerB@bronord.com
> Web Site: www.bronord.com
>
>
>
> novalug-request@calypso.tux.org wrote:
>
>> 2. Wireless Solution (Dan Arico)
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>>
>> Message: 2
>> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:23:45 -0400
>> From: Dan Arico <dan_arico@aricosystems.com>
>> Subject: [Novalug] Wireless Solution
>> To: Novalug <novalug@calypso.tux.org>
>> Message-ID: <200809111123.46074.dan_arico@aricosystems.com>
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>>
>> I had been having problems getting wireless working on my Lenovo 3000 laptop.
>> I found a hardware solution:
>>
>> http://www.jefatech.com/product/WL-USB-RSMAP?gclid=CJukkMqjs5UCFQs4QgodLSxeRQ
>>
>> They provide a Linux driver that I compiled and got working. I'm very happy with the performance.
>>
>> I did run into one puzzling snag, however. I'm running Ubuntu 8.04 on this laptop, but I prefer KDE over Gnome so after I installed Ubuntu, I installed KDE and switched to it.
>>
>> My problem involved WPA. I couldn't get it to store the key so I had to bring up the networking every time and enter it manually. My solution was to load Gnome instead of KDE, configure the wireless card, shut down and then go back to KDE the next time I booted up.
>>
>> Now it works. When I insert the network adapter, it connects properly.
>>
>> Dan Arico
>>
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