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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. Great by AndyAMPohl · · Score: 1, Troll

    The submitter makes it sound like this is good news. What's so good about rooting for hackers? Maybe it's crackers I'm thinking of. I never know what is a good faith gesture from these guys. If you're going to try and fix a problem with some security thing, why not just point out what the problem is and how to reproduce it? Why go to the bother of making robust cracking software to exploit that particular problem unless you're actually a bad person doing bad things with a computer?

    Andy

    1. Re:Great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      I agree, "wireless security analysis' my ass. This is a pure and simple "how to h4ck the m4c" story. If they were really concerned about "wireles security analysis" the story would have a section explaining how to NOT get cracked by the stuff. This is right up there with the "ShowEQ is really just so you can learn about Everquest" bull.