Re: [Nolug] bcm43xx-fwcutter

If you use WEP with a 128bit hexadecimal key it will be secure enough that
most people trying to crack it will move on to an easier target. Unless you
have a really smart hacker that really dislikes you, or some really valuable
info that someone wants, this is strong enough for most purposes. You can go
to https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm and get passwords like this:

D46B6E95348E49222CC0E0BCA35A6C521567A9F158C4F88E3121B0EE6C75A5BF
or this
9A12FBA29B06678B9014D7E42E034F900EA91D437855F08340E1B83CF442E478

I know these are 256 bits but you get the idea.

Chris Johnston

On 4/16/07, Techmaster <techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jeff, I figured it out. I did some more research, and figured out that
> fwcutter/ndiswrapper must be incompatible with WPA. I just installed a
> fresh copy of linux (trying out the beta of ubuntu feisty), changed my
> router to use WEP instead of WPA, and it worked on the first try. I've been
> wracking my brain over this for over a year, all along it was just an easily
> fixable incompatibility issue. What's even weirder, is I got WPA working
> under 64 bit gentoo. It was not easy, and not an experience that I would
> want to relive. So far I'm very happy with this though...and feisty is
> running great on this zv6000, with 1.25GB of RAM. I do wish there was
> better WPA support, since it's more secure. Oh well.
>
> On 4/14/07, Techmaster < techmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, I'm just wondering if last week counted as this month's meeting.
> > ;)
> >
> > On 4/14/07, Joey Kelly < joey@joeykelly.net > wrote:
> > >
> > > On Saturday 14 April 2007 14:49, Christopher Jones wrote:
> > > > Yeah that was me. I think I followed those same directions, but in
> > > Gentoo.
> > > > I got it working in 64 bit, but not 32. Is there still a meeting
> > > this
> > > > month for the regularly scheduled day? Or was that it last
> > > week? I'll
> > > > have to bring my laptop and maybe you can show me what you did.
> > >
> > > That's next week.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joey Kelly
> > > < Minister of the Gospel | Linux Consultant >
> > > http://joeykelly.net
> > >
> > > How many spyware pop-ups did you get on your Windows computer today?
> > >
> > >
> >
>

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