[ale] kimset

[matty91 at bellsouth.net]

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Jonathan Rickman wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
>
> Be advised...
>
> > Using kismet you should be able to find the SSID of it.  Pop that SSID
> > into your config and try and run dhcpcd or pump.  If you get an
> > IP/GW/etc you should be on the network.  If you don't, it's probably
>
> Once you move past this point....
>
> > encrypted.  Luckily, kismet can crack WEP in a few minutes (just under
> > about 1000 packets needed).  Kismet + GPSdrive + WiFi antenna +
> > pda/dashpc/notebook = lots of fun.
> >
>
> You're on shaky ground, and in my not so humble opinion, deserve whatever
> you get. Detecting networks is one thing, perfectly acceptable. Accessing
> them when they're wide open and inviting you in is a grey area. Blatantly
> circumventing access controls, however weak and useless, is a
> crime...period.

This is a very touchy subject area. How do you address sitting at
Star Bucks and getting a beacon from a misconfigured access
point across the street? That beacon says I'm here, I'm here, and
some novice users may not even realize when they switched WLAN
connections. I agree that blatantly breaking into Wireless networks
is wrong, but unfortunately 90% (rough guess) are misconfigured,
and make easy targets for the kiddies.

>
>
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