Note these steps are not required if you use a Live CD.ĭownload Kismet for fc4 from and install: WHAX, another Live CD (currently merging with Auditor).Cracking the WEP key from collected dataįor those who don't want to configure their Linux to do this there is pre-configured Live CDs worth looking at:.Installing and using kismet, aireplay, airodump and aircrack.This article focuses on installing and using the available tools to detect a wireless network, gather the required details and crack its WEP encryption: With bad intentions to penetrate a wireless lan. I recommend anyone having a WLAN to try the techniques from this article and find out how easy it is for someone The reality is somehow different: even a WEP-Encryption with 128 bits key is not secure. It is amazing how many believe that hiding their SSID or rejecting foreign MAC addresses I have successfully installed the tools on Fedora Core 3 (FC3) and Fedora Core 4 (FC4). The techniques described here apply the encryption with WEP, not WPA. This article is not about penetrating foreing WLANs but about Hacking other people's WLAN is illegal and unethical.
