Security for 802.11 wireless networks.
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How to share internet over wifi without commands? [closed]
How can i share internet over WiFi. I am bad at using commands is there any easy way?
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At Starbucks, is my MAC address sent when I accept the terms of service for free Wifi? [closed]
Recently, I overheard by chance some technically savvy guys saying that when you accept the terms of service in order to use the "free" WiFi at Starbucks (which you pay for when you buy some coffee), ...
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WPA cracking with Crunch, JTR & Aircrack
Now I assume that everyone knows of aircrack-ng and John The Ripper with it's fantastic ability to pause and resume cracking.
With that aside, I want to add Crunch into the mix, however I can't seem ...
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How to secure a network (FTP connections) from sniffers
I'm actually working in a medium sized company with security concerns. Let me explain you my problem :
The context:
My office has one single internet line.
This line is accessed by anyone in the ...
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Man in the middle attack, bridging wlan interface to virtual wired interface at0
I'm trying to execute a Man in the Middle attack on my mobile phone, I have two wireless cards, one inbuilt in the laptop, running AR9285 atheros drivers, the 2nd is an Alfa AWUS036NHA card with an ...
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Is a VPN enough to hide my trafic from my schools IT department? [duplicate]
At my school we log on WiFi with a personal login. If I wanted to hide the traffic from my computer from the network administrators would it be enough for me to use a VPN service like for example ...
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WLAN topology: does it work like a bus? [migrated]
Does wifi work as a star network with a switch or does it work like a bus ?
To be more precise, if I am in promiscuous mode, do I only see my traffic and broadcasted messages or do I get every packet ...
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I've shared my WiFi with my neighbour. How can I ensure they're not downloading illegal content?
I want to ensure they're not downloading any illegal content (torrent websites in particular). If they're using a VPN or Tor, then I guess there's not much I can do, but if they're just connecting ...
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Is it possible that I have caused a DoS to my son's tablets [migrated]
I have three Internet connections at home, they are not connected to each other in any possible way, they are from three different ISPs
FTTC #1 , the white modem and the black and white router
...
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If I set up a home web server, will computers that use my wi-fi be vulnerable?
I'm interested in setting up a web server on an old laptop L1. My plan is to connect that laptop to an Ethernet port on my router. I also have another laptop L2 accessing the router via wi-fi. L2 ...
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Trying to use mdk3 with Alfa AWUS036NHA, wireshark detects frames but cannot detect network [migrated]
I'm testing out some various tools, trying to get them to work, but I cannot seem to get the MDK3 beacon flooding mode to work. I'm using an Alfa card AWUS036NHA, I believe it has the correct drivers ...
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Is WPA practically less secure than WPA2 only if QoS is enabled?
I've been looking into attacks that are effective against WPA-TKIP but not WPA2-AES (both using PSK). I've found Vanhoef & Piessens's paper that builds off an attack by Beck & Tews and can be ...
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SRP in local, private wireless network
i am trying to secure the connection between a single-page webApp (angularJS, loaded from a secure source via SSL) to a local server (called BOX) inside the private, local wifi of the user.
So the ...
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Securing my network: unmasking spoofed mac possible?
In Kali you can:
airmon-ng start wlan0
ifconfig mon0 down
macchanger -r mon0 (-r changes mac id to a random number)
ifconfig mon0 up
This attack for example: aireplay-ng -0 2 -a [ap mac #] -c ...
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How does Wifi Blocking work? Can it be detected / prevented? [duplicate]
Marriott was accused of blocking personal Wifi access points by
deauthenticat[ing] packets sent to targeted access points and thus to disrupt access to individual hotspots.
Question
How does ...
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can wpa2 wifi be hacked by capturing data on an evil twin?
If I copied the wifi essid and channel and did a de-authentication to the clients of the wifi that I want to hack and started a wifi of my own with the same essid, bssid and channel and I started ...
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What does the SSID have to do with a networks security concerning rainbow tables?
I have noticed in a few places people mention that if a popular SSID is used, it makes a network more vulnerable to rainbow table attacks. I saw this in one location and assumed they'd mistakenly used ...
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Why do coffee shops not use WPA/WPA2? Would it solve many problems if they did?
So I'm looking into public WiFi security in places such as hotels, coffee shops etc. It seems the current standard is just to use open wi fi connections in many of these locations. I would assume this ...
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How can I find out if someone has been on my home wifi network?
I am aware of DCHP tables, and apps that can scan your network to see who is "currently" on your wifi network, but I am more interested in how to tell if someone has been on my wifi network at some ...
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Data on Malicious WiFi Network
Let's assume that I unwittingly connect to a malicious WiFi network and visit websites. By malicious, I mean the network has been set up for the purpose of stealing data.
From what I've read, using ...
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How to make a android phone anonymous off contract [closed]
How can I make my 2 year old phone not appear to be the same phone? I would like to make it into a WiFi browsing phone that cannot connect to the phone it used to be by it online footprint.
Is ...
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What is the need and purpose of packet injection within WiFi attacks
According to my research, the most common WPA/WPA2 WiFi attack requires a chipset capable of packet injection.
However I am not sure what this is, and what purpose it serves once you have the ...
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WPA and WPA2 Help [closed]
I'm trying to hack my own WPA and WPA2 network for learning purposes.
I used A 10 characters length password with only numbers, I know if I had to create the word list file it will be Huge, So I ...
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Is Double NAT a secure way to create a public wifi network?
I'm trying to create an open, public WiFi network in my house for guests to use, as I am hosting a (somewhat) large party later tonight. However, none of my routers have any built-in guest networking ...
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Why is browsing while logged onto a VPN from public wifi more secure than not?
I've been trying to wrap my brain around VPNs for a while now, but can't find a good source that answers the questions I have.
In particular, I can't understand why browsing from a public access ...
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Anything more i can do to be more safer? [closed]
Wi-fi security:
WPS disabled
WPA2-PSK + AES + 54.000 SECONDS(15h) Group Key Update Period
UpnP disabled
Spi firewall enable
All ALG enable
Ignore ping packet from WAN and Lan to router
Default ...
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Does having a VPN service mean accessing my email etc. over public free open WiFi mean I have security/privacy? [duplicate]
Is my information secure over public WiFi if I use a VPN service? i.e. protection of emails and login details.
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Is it possible the person sitting across from me at Starbucks was trying to hack my laptop?
I was using my laptop at a Starbucks on a table, and a person was using a laptop on the same table across from me, a couple seats to my side. He flicked some plastic thing across the table towards my ...
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What are the advantages to using a VPN over secured/trusted wifi
It's often recommended that you should use a VPN when using unsecured or untrusted networks, such as open public wifi or secured wifi that you don't control. What are the advantages to using a VPN on ...
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Security risks of disabling SSID Broadcast
I recall having read several articles online, and even passing along the advice, stating that disabling SSID broadcast is not only useless as a security measure but also harmful to the security of the ...
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How to know what others browse through the network?
My friend connected to WIFI and after 5 minutes he told me which sites I had actually been browsing, and who I chat with.
My question is: how do I defend myself against this, and also how did he do ...
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How to get a Network's WIFI Password through CMD? [closed]
I found that Wifi's Password can be retrived using the network and sharing wizard in Windows, And Technicaly theres no way to store Passwords/collection of bytes in the memory after switching/shutting ...
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Victim loses Internet connection during MITM attack
I tried to do MITM attack on my network. I enabled ettercap, marked my router as TARGET1 and my second computer as TARGET2. Then I enabled 'ARP Spoofing'.
I do not know why - but after this operation ...
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Does Wifi encryption create a private tunnel between the adapter and the accesspoint?
When non HTTP/S data is sent over Wifi, can that data be seen by other machines that happen to also be connected to that same access point?
Does the privacy of the HTTP data depend on the encryption ...
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How much of a risk to students is an open WiFi network on campus? EDIT: please read in full.
I've been battling bureaucracy at my community college for months on this issue; a few months ago, they changed security on the SSID for students;
It used to use EAP, allowing students to enter their ...
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How ChopChop attack against WEP actually works?
From my understanding, ChopChop attack against WEP, which goal is to decrypt one packet without need to know the WEP key, goes like this:
First, the attacker takes one ciphertext message from the RF ...
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Enabling wifi or bluetooth before user login in Linux
What would the security implications be of enabling and using wifi and / or bluetooth before a user logs into the system in a Linux box?
Thanks for your help!
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Wifi penetration testing: Why aireplay-ng de-authentication does not work?
I am trying to pentest the security of the password of my wireless network. It is a WPA2 with pre-shared-keys. My current computer is connected to the wifi router and I try to de-auth my own machine.
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Wifi - Can you be traced? [closed]
If you were downloading music and games from a Work Wifi, and knew the password is there any way they could trace you and what you have downloaded?
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WPA2 ENTERPRISE - Unable to find a way around Lanner Electronics
Gday,
I have currently been working in an environment where i am connected to a WPA2 Enterprise network requiring me to enter my username and password for the network whenever i connect. I have been ...
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Can I create a fake AP with my wireless card? [closed]
I type iw list and these are the supported modes:
Supported interface modes:
* IBSS
* managed
When I run hostapd hostapd.conf I get this:
Failed to create ...
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getting an error in aireplay-ng in kali linux
When I was testing penetration testing on my router using kali linux, I followed all the steps from this link. In the step where you have to enter the router's bssid and client's bssid in aireplay-ng ...
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Home PC has been compromised remotely and even after cleaning my PC repeatedly, the problem still comes back, help please? [closed]
I'm a regular guy running two small franchise businesses with a basic understanding of computers etc, (very basic really), but I am certain my home network has been hacked and I am finding lots of new ...
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SSID rotation prevent tracking or not?
The Program VirtualWifi Manager can rotate SSID's.
Does rotating SSID's prevent the google tracking _nomap problem?
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I think someone is using my WiFi
I think somebody (maybe one of my neighbors) has access to my WiFi and is using it, because even when I reset my WiFi router it gets very slow, and some of my computers seem to have their WiFi ...
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Wifi Educational Hacking - Aircrack-ng wpa vs wpa-psk
I have a question about the max amount of dictionaries need to crack a wpa2 or wpa2-psk password
I am using aircrack-ng on ubuntu
Is there any possible way to calculate the maximum amount of ...
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Is it possible to detect the type of key required when connecting to a wireless network?
So I was wondering if I could determine if a wireless network is asking for a specific type of key such as WEP/WPA ect? Or if it just takes the one you give it and processes that?
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Is there any way to hack the password of my neighbour WPA-PSK and WEP connection [closed]
Is there any way to hack the password of my neighbour WPA-PSK and WEP connection of WI-FI without using a keylogger.
I tried a lots of softwares and efforts but unsuccessful. Can any one suggest. I ...
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WiFi connection history
I have a hunch someone is logging on my wifi. I already know how to see who is currently using my wifi, but can I find out who was using my wifi in the past?
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wifi settings to the wifi that isn't mine [duplicate]
I am under someone's wifi and I don't feel comfortable with the knowledge that she can see everything I send and visit.
How can I secure my devices and block out any funny buisness? I have the wifi ...
