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WEP Cracking for Mac OS X

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the holiday-hacking dept.

Randar the Lava Liza writes "Finally there is a tool to put default Apple AirPort hardware into monitoring mode for wireless security analysis. KisMAC is a variant of Kismet that runs natively on Mac OS X. It requires a special driver to be installed to run the AirPort hardware in monitoring mode, and has built-in WEP cracking tools once enough weak packets have been sniffed."

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  1. Good/Bad by Tug3 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I would say this is good news.

    At least I have been waiting for one. There is definate (legal) use for this, when you have to test you company's / other network. And specially if you have to prove the vulnerability to your boss.

    I know it's been available for ages to Linux platform, but as a TiBook user I had to use someone elses laptop for this. Now it's finally available for OS X...
    OK, I know you can use it for criminal activity too. But, as it is available on other platforms already I don't see the problem with it becoming available for new ones too... ...after all you can use even you car to good or bad - not even mentioning firearms... (Well, seems that I just did.)

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  2. Apple Laptops are not ideal for WiFi hacking by siferhex · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Because of the inaccessability of AirPort cards in Apple's laptops it's difficult to attach an external antenna to the cards. Without an external antenna one tends to be much more conspicuous sniffing a network as you've got to be in the thick of it.

    IMHO this release is a good thing, as people mostly want to scout out their own networks to help set up coverage, monitor interference, etc. and Kistmet is an excellent program for doing so.

  3. Fuck Yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's about time OS X got decent wifi drivers! From what I can tell, it's really the ViHa driver we have to thank here. KisMAC is just a pretty cocca frontend.

    Since reading the story yesterday, I've already found a number of non-broadcast networks in my area that MacStumbler couldn't see.

    The Viha driver removes your network interface, though, so ifconfig en1 says interface en1 does not exist and you can't sniff with ethereal et al while scanning. KisMAC dumps pcap files though, so you can examine your captured data after the fact with the tool of your choice.

    Thanks much to the ViHa people for writing this awesome driver!