[Novalug] OT: 15 minute video -- wireless 128 bit encryption

[Paul D. Bain]

Matt Ahrens wrote:
> Scott,
> 
> That used to be the case, but a toolkit called aircrack was released.
> This includes an arp replay attack which dramatically reduces the time
> required to crack WEP.
> 
> If this demo video cracks WEP in 15 minutes, it is old.  Newer attacks
> claim the ability to break WEP in 1-2 minutes.  I don't have the link
> on me right now, but you can search google for the paper.
> 
> Thanks,
> Matt

	Yes, Matt is probably right. This article claims that WEP can be broken 
in just two minutes:

	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/15/wep_crack_interview/

Also, see this:

	http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/02/wireless_hacking/

Sincerely,
Paul Bain

> 
> On 5/9/07, scott bearden <scott.bearden at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I saw a similar video once and it said they could crack any connection
>> depending on the amount of traffic passing through. If you are a casual
>> surfer, it could take hours if not days. If you run P2P apps or download
>> large files it is a matter of minutes if not a couple of hours. It is 
>> just a
>> matter of sniffing out the traffic and figuring out the cipher. They
>> demonstrated it with Linux and Microsoft operating systems and showed why
>> you should never use a shared connection or a hot spot.
>>
>> Scott Bearden
>>
>> On 5/8/07, James (Jim) Darlack <jmdarlack at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi Gang,
>> >
>> > This is frustrating. Today, I found a website with a demo of how to 
>> break
>> > 128 bit wireless encryption, in 15 minutes.  I watched the video, and
>> > rebooted, since I was unable to hear the audio.
>> >
>> > When I rebooted, I lost the URL....
>> >
>> > I googled, and didnt get any match.
>> >
>> > I think I was in www.owasp.org when i discovered the link.
>> >
>> > TIA,
>> > Jim