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how to monitor a Wifi (802.11) network?
How to capture a sequential stream of data between two machines, making no assumptions about network layer protocols? On wired network, one can do it by ARP spoofing and then sniff the network. One ...
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Can wifi administrator see data transfer over android phone. precisely gmail app communication
sometimes I connect to wifi outside my home in office , restaurants and friends house. I want to know if wifi administrator can see the exact data my android phone communicates?
I am only concerned ...
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Which Wifi encryption method is secure?
you may wonder apple just removed ethernet port from new macbooks which means we have to use wifi! i made a wifi hotspot with my windows laptop to use for my macbook (my modem don't have wifi because ...
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Should we block all plaintext authentication and require authentication over an encrypted channel?
Should we configure our servers to require the authentication happen over an encrypted channel and block all methods of unencrypted, plaintext authentication over?
I recently configured my servers to ...
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How do I protect myself against 'hole 196'?
I came across this question a while ago and read about hole 196.
Is there something I can install on my laptop to protect it against WPA2 Hole196?
Software (such as Snort or DecaffeintID) can ...
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How can I decrypt traffic on a WEP encrypted network?
Let's say that I am connected to a WEP Access Point and I want to sniff all wireless traffic inside that network. How can I decrypt the traffic even though I don't have the cryptographic key?
I found ...
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Can a hacker sniff others' network data over a wireless connection?
Provided that the hacker knows the WiFi password if any (WEP or WPA), is he capable of sniffing network data of other hosts connected to the same access point?
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Sniffing the sniffer
A sniffs B while B is sniffing C.
What's the traffic in A? Does A catches both B and C traffic or only B's?
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ARP-poisoning on wireless network - no packets
I've started working with ettercap and ARP-poisoning; however, I've sumbled upon some problems. I've executed the following command:
ettercap -i wlan0 -w log -T -M arp:remote /192.168.1.254/ ...
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When are HTTP session cookies at risk over Wi-Fi?
If I'm using websites that do not use HTTPS, but I'm on a WEP-protected Wi-Fi network, are my cookies safe from being sniffed by third-parties?
Are cookies only at risk during login, or am I at risk ...
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Can an attacker sniff Mac addresses on a wifi?
If an attacker turns on wifi but doesn't have the security key to connect to an access point in range, can he still sniff packets that travel between the access point and clients connected to the ...
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How does FaceNiff work?
FaceNiff is an Android app that sniffs Facebook session ids. You must be connected to the same WiFi as the victim. It is said to be working even when WPA2 is present. How is it possible? I can decrypt ...
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Obtain credentials by spoofing WPA/WPA2 Enterprise network?
I have a large scale wireless network secured using WPA/WPA2 Enterprise authentication. Recently, I was made aware of the possibility that someone may use a dd-wrt router and a computer to spoof the ...
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How to get hold of and use WPA session keys?
I'm testing sniffing and decrypting my WPA2 wifi network traffic. But when using airdecap to decrypt the capture file (created by airodump) using my WPA passphrase I only get broadcast traffic. If I ...
