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Build an Open Source Network Sniffer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whats-that-smell-sniff-sniff dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This article reviews common issues of wireless security, and shows how to use open source software to suss out wireless networks, get information about them, and start recognizing common security problems. You will learn how build a lightweight wireless sniffer that runs on open source software and see how simple it is to interact with wireless networks."

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  1. Kismet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ummm how about an article "Learn how to use Kismet?"

    This example is pretty rudimentary (no offense), I mean the fact that you can FIFO in Kismet makes it really the ultimate tool for this type of stuff .. am I incorrect?

  2. mod u4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    dead. It is a dead 1. Therefore it's Creek, abysmal baby...don't fear FreeBSD project, disgus*t, or been