Re: [Nolug] bcm43xx-fwcutter

I'm not even that worried about smart hackers...it's the tools out there
that make it really easy for script kiddies to break this sort of
protection. And they're the ones who are malicious enough to actually use
it. I think it was within the past week that somebody released a script
that would crack wireless encryption in one minute. I can't remember
whether they said it was WEP or WPA, but it's still scary that they can get
through it that quickly, regardless.

On 4/16/07, Chris Johnston <cmjohnston@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
> --
> Christopher M. Johnston
> http://techchris.com
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnston
> http://www.primerica.com/chrisjohnston
> "Continuous effort-not strength or intelligence-is the key to unlocking
> our potential."
> -Sir Winston Churchill

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