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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Niels Bakker wrote: > * [email protected] (Stephen J. Wilcox) [Mon 21 Nov 2005, 16:07 CET]: > >On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > >>Why would you even need to set up an AP? Why not just sit and sniff > >>traffic? Gets you the _exact_ same information. > >man in the middle is easier if you are the gateway, no need to steal arp > > It's *wireless*! You can just sit and sniff traffic, no need to play > ARP games to redirect traffic to you. i was more thinking in terms of breaking into encrypted sessions by spoofing the server and client > >heres some fun, next time you're at nanog or your favourite geek conference, > >just run 'tcpdump -w - -s1500 -nn|strings|grep -i password' and be prepared > >to hit scroll lock ;) > > I've visited conferences where the wireless LAN was deemed "secure" by the > organisation because they had outlawed sniffers. hehe :) Steve
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