Wireless and Linux?

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, at 10:07am, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
>>  - What is the SSID?
>
> Don't know, they installed it and wouldn't let me see what they were 
> doing :) (where under W2K would this be stored?)

  Under Win2000, I believe that would be set using a card-specific utility.

>>  - Are you using WEP (Worthless Encryption Protocol, AKA Wireless 
>>    Equivalent Privacy)?  If so, what is the key?
> 
> Yes, and see above :(

  Well, if WEP was any good, that would be a problem.  Fortunately, however,
WEP sucks.  Get the right software, and you should be able to crack the key
in a few hours of sniffing.

>>  Make sure you don't have any routes via gateways that don't exist.  ;-)
> 
> (Hey, when did you switch from being the hecklee to being the heckler?  

  I'm moonlighting.  ;-)  Normally, I wouldn't be able to, but that route
incident was like giving matches and gasoline to a pyromaniac.  Some things
are just too good to pass up.  ;-)

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Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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