Newb Setting Up WEP For Home Network
best practice is as follows...
Disable Broadcast SSID (only protects against netstumbler n00bs)
Mac filter (again only protects against aoler n00bs)
WPA (cause it takes at least 10 steps, which is about 6 more then wep to crack)
VPN over the wireless connection (again, if the attacker has a clue this is just one MITM away from ownage)
blah im paranoid.. have fun with your wireless.. i run mine wide open..
screw it all my crap that i dont want to be seen or that is sensitive isnt on a network
Disable Broadcast SSID (only protects against netstumbler n00bs)
Mac filter (again only protects against aoler n00bs)
WPA (cause it takes at least 10 steps, which is about 6 more then wep to crack)
VPN over the wireless connection (again, if the attacker has a clue this is just one MITM away from ownage)
blah im paranoid.. have fun with your wireless.. i run mine wide open..
screw it all my crap that i dont want to be seen or that is sensitive isnt on a network
best practice is as follows...
Disable Broadcast SSID (only protects against netstumbler n00bs)
Mac filter (again only protects against aoler n00bs)
WPA (cause it takes at least 10 steps, which is about 6 more then wep to crack)
VPN over the wireless connection (again, if the attacker has a clue this is just one MITM away from ownage)
blah im paranoid.. have fun with your wireless.. i run mine wide open..
screw it all my crap that i dont want to be seen or that is sensitive isnt on a network
sowwy i get a bit paranoid when it comes to wireless stuff
Disable Broadcast SSID (only protects against netstumbler n00bs)
Mac filter (again only protects against aoler n00bs)
WPA (cause it takes at least 10 steps, which is about 6 more then wep to crack)
VPN over the wireless connection (again, if the attacker has a clue this is just one MITM away from ownage)
blah im paranoid.. have fun with your wireless.. i run mine wide open..
screw it all my crap that i dont want to be seen or that is sensitive isnt on a network
sowwy i get a bit paranoid when it comes to wireless stuff
Originally Posted by dr3d1zzl3
setting mac filtering for home box will make it hard enough for average hax0r.
and yes, encryption on peer sides is best approach for sensitive data.
Last edited by kurohyou; Jul 20, 2005 at 12:21 PM.
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Originally Posted by dr3d1zzl3
best practice is as follows...
Disable Broadcast SSID (only protects against netstumbler n00bs)
Mac filter (again only protects against aoler n00bs)
WPA (cause it takes at least 10 steps, which is about 6 more then wep to crack)
VPN over the wireless connection (again, if the attacker has a clue this is just one MITM away from ownage)
blah im paranoid.. have fun with your wireless.. i run mine wide open..
screw it all my crap that i dont want to be seen or that is sensitive isnt on a network
sowwy i get a bit paranoid when it comes to wireless stuff
Disable Broadcast SSID (only protects against netstumbler n00bs)
Mac filter (again only protects against aoler n00bs)
WPA (cause it takes at least 10 steps, which is about 6 more then wep to crack)
VPN over the wireless connection (again, if the attacker has a clue this is just one MITM away from ownage)
blah im paranoid.. have fun with your wireless.. i run mine wide open..
screw it all my crap that i dont want to be seen or that is sensitive isnt on a network
sowwy i get a bit paranoid when it comes to wireless stuff


Honestly, unless you're a large corp. or have a ton of stuff to hide, WEP or WPA should be fine for the average user as most 1337 hackers aren't going to target your wireless connection for free high speed.
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Originally Posted by jdepould
um, there's the obvious step of creating a closed network, that won't show up when you do a search.
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Originally Posted by dr3d1zzl3
Originally Posted by sonicsuby
I think that's what they're saying when the mention disabling the SSID broadcast.
Originally Posted by kurohyou
hmm, dictionary based attacks. what if the key is set to something that is not in dictionary(like normal people do), i.e. md5 sum of /bin/bash?
setting mac filtering for home box will make it hard enough for average hax0r.
and yes, encryption on peer sides is best approach for sensitive data.
setting mac filtering for home box will make it hard enough for average hax0r.
and yes, encryption on peer sides is best approach for sensitive data.
would just take a bit longer.. there are other attacks you can mount against WPA as well as dictionary.. that was the only for idiots demo video i could find

who knows maybe at BH, DC, or Toor there might happen to be a new wireless sploit dropped.. who knows ; )
Originally Posted by sonicsuby
Nice double post there, super hacker 
Honestly, unless you're a large corp. or have a ton of stuff to hide, WEP or WPA should be fine for the average user as most 1337 hackers aren't going to target your wireless connection for free high speed.

Honestly, unless you're a large corp. or have a ton of stuff to hide, WEP or WPA should be fine for the average user as most 1337 hackers aren't going to target your wireless connection for free high speed.
i blame it on tor..
wpa.. wep is chumppy.. even the feds can crack it in 2min
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So andre, is your employer paying for you to go to DC and school the kiddies? ;P
I am going to try and make it to toorcon, at least you can still learn some stuff there. ;x DC is just a bunch of hackers trying to get lucky with scene wh0res and *****. Oh yeah, and getting drunk.
I am going to try and make it to toorcon, at least you can still learn some stuff there. ;x DC is just a bunch of hackers trying to get lucky with scene wh0res and *****. Oh yeah, and getting drunk.
Originally Posted by mcdrama
On another note, that guy was only able to crack WEP so fast mostly cause the first address was 1A, if it were FF then it would take waaaaay longer.
your kidding right?
its pretty much the average to crack a wep key in anywhere from 2min to 20 min using the demonstrated method..
its the arp broadcast that gets replayed over and over and over generating nuff traffic to mount a statistical attack on the weak IV's generated by wep that allow this attack to happen.
doesnt matter what the key starts with, ends with, or has in the middle.. if it was used in wep it is vulnerable..
Originally Posted by mcdrama
So andre, is your employer paying for you to go to DC and school the kiddies? ;P
I am going to try and make it to toorcon, at least you can still learn some stuff there. ;x DC is just a bunch of hackers trying to get lucky with scene wh0res and *****. Oh yeah, and getting drunk.
I am going to try and make it to toorcon, at least you can still learn some stuff there. ;x DC is just a bunch of hackers trying to get lucky with scene wh0res and *****. Oh yeah, and getting drunk.
yupo.. im footing toor..
yeah dc is ehh.. just been wanting to hit it up since for ever and never had hte chance until now.. so screw it.. im going..
plus should be some good times i have a ****load of beers to buy for certain parties.. haha
should be good times..
maybe next year ill give a talk on some bull****
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Thanks guys. I tried getting into the router again when I got home from work. I left the login name blank but put admin as my password and I got in.
Thanks again!!!!
Kurlee Daddee
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Thanks again!!!!
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