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blinkcrack

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help on aircrack and airodump plz

« on: January 12, 2008, 04:16:34 PM »

well, the thing is that im using Win vista and im 95% sure that im able to use this 2 programs, but i think i need some kind of driver for sniffing with airodump....

my specs are:
- win vista
- intel processor
- intel PRO/wireless 3945ABG network conection

well, if more info needed i'll pm that Tongue

thx in adv


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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2008, 01:28:23 PM »

First off sooner or later you'll have to drop vista, can't do any off tha fancy stuff (injection) linux can. Now I don't know about the compatibility for that card or Vista. http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=install_drivers&DokuWiki=2027597954072b6768b8857e2aeb15e5#windows is a good place to start, and good luck.


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blinkcrack

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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2008, 05:56:26 PM »

thx.... ive decieded to use Cain & Abel nad aircrack together Cheesy


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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2008, 10:57:20 AM »

Hacking with Vista? I may be totally wrong.. but I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say it's probably as annoying and ill conceived (or worse) than doing so with a Mac. Wink

I would have to go with dannioni on this one. You don't even need to install a linux distro to be able to use the tools and learn them, heck just get a bootable cd of BackTrack 2 or 3. Or better yet a thumbdrive. BT comes with over 300 tools, and is going to have everything you need for learning. (besides Nessus.. but you can download that)


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dean

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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #4 on: January 14, 2008, 11:31:30 AM »

I would agree that Vista is probably a little too restrictive for using as a pen testing platform. I 'downgrade' all my Vista boxes to XP. But as for Mac not being a good platform, I would have to disagree. I use mine for a great deal of tasks (active exploitation, scanning, etc..) during an engagement. I personally don't have a preference and will use whatever platform gets the job done.

I've seen a few posts recently that state that you cannot do packet injection over wireless on Windows. This is incorrect.

http://www.cacetech.com/products/airpcap-tx.htm

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AirPcap Tx (and AirPcap Ex) can inject any kind of frame, including control, management, and data frames. These frames can be transmitted at any allowable rate depending upon your adapter.

http://airdump.net/papers/packet-injection-windows

Obviously injection is also dependent on your wireless NIC but it is doable on Windows.

dean


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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #5 on: January 14, 2008, 03:43:41 PM »

Thanks for the correction dean. I've not played around with macs... since my gradeschool days years ago.. with the old school dinosour machines. I haven't heard the greatest things about them for penetration platforms, but obviously the software scene for them has improved dramatically over the last few years. Mabey I'll play around with a mac sometime, I'm sure I'll run into them sooner or later on the field... so it's a good idea. I'm just a tad old school in my perception of them though I guess... when Apples were only useful for Sim Ant and Warcraft 1.. when it came out. Tongue


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blinkcrack

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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2008, 05:51:33 PM »

well yeah....

but i would have to get that Aircap USB adapter thingy Tongue

which i might not be able to buy cuz becausse where i live :S

but i think if i get a supported card in my lap, could that make it work?


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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2008, 09:11:23 PM »

You will need drivers that support raw packet injection.

http://airdump.net/papers/packet-injection-windows <--posted this same link in prior post.

Dual boot, install linux and be done with it.


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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2008, 04:01:30 AM »

Quote from: dean on January 14, 2008, 09:11:23 PM

Dual boot, install linux and be done with it.

YES I totally agree!


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Re: help on aircrack and airodump plz

« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2008, 11:07:36 AM »

Heh, he doesn't even need to dual boot to use BackTrack, but actually installing a distro would be best int he long run. Helix is another fun distro to play with if you like forensics stuff.


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