Re: Wireless Pentest Question

On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 10:12:47 -0500, Arvind Sood <asood74@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Based on recent mails regarding articles found here for wireless pen
> testing. Using all the tools desribed here requires capturing
> interesting packets (unique RC4 IV) in a packet capture.
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1814
>
>  The problem relates to creating traffic on a wireless network in case
> you dont find a lot of traffic for a good capture. Is there any way
> you can create traffic on a WEP network without knowing
> - the IP Address (address range) the Access Point and wireless clients
> are using
> - the WEP key being used (makes sense - that is why you are running a WEP 
> crack)
>
> The closest I see of this is the aireplay tool (this can be found on
> the AUDITOR CD mentioned in teh article). This basically replays any
> arp requests found in a capture. However I could not get aireplay to
> run (gave me a Segmentation error).
>
> of course WEP uses a session key - so session replay is not a
> possibility. Does anyone know of any tool/ method to create wireless
> traffic to assist in a good capture
>
> Best regards
> Arvind

Did you read this great article titled "WEP: Dead Again, Part 1"
http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1814

regards,

Berdt