Hi list,
I've had some experience with this of late so will throw in my 2cents.
First I'd like to include that Back|Track2 is awesome for Pen Testing, a
great range of tools, hardware support and ease of usability that I've never
seen in any other Live Security distros.
I've tried 4 different wireless cards on Back|Track2 with varying levels of
success.
Intel IPW3945ABG
Works fine, you need to manually load the driver each time if booting from
the CD which can be annoying. Doesn't support Packet Injection for WEP
cracking, but otherwise alright to use.
D-Link DWL-G650
A great card, utilizes the madwifi driver built into Back|Track2, cheap
card, supports packet injection. Only draw back is the range. Recommended
for the price conscious. Around $80 AUD
Cisco Aironet 350
Natively supported, recommended firmware 4.25.30 for dealing with WEP
decryption. From my understanding does not support Packet Injection. Nice
card however, 2 x MMCX connectors available for external aerials. Nice
sensitivity.
UbiQuiti SRC Range Max
Without a doubt the best card available IMHO. A massive 300mW power, comes
with 2 x MMCX connectors and now shipping standard with a 5dB aerial. Can
support OMNI and Directional at the same time. Uses the madwifi driver,
supports packet injection. Support for ABG networks. Great sensitivity.
Only draw back is the price, I managed to locate one for $220 AUD. If you
don't mind the money, then this is the only choice.
Offensive Security has a page for the full list.
http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=HCL:Wireless
Troy
-----Original Message-----
From: s-williams@nyc.rr.com [mailto:s-williams@nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Saturday, 28 April 2007 11:13 PM
To: Eagle Fire; listbounce@securityfocus.com; pen-test@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Can we say Back|Track best CD for a Penetration Test
I have used both before and found them to be good. I had an old Orinoco
Gold classic card 802.11. b that I usedto test with. I amd looking for a
few more cards that has good support for most pentesting wifi tools, can
someone sugest a few that the use.
"A wise man ask questions, a fool is afraid of knowledge"
-----Original Message-----
From: Eagle Fire <tlecuauhtli@googlemail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:46:29
To:pen-test@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Can we say Back|Track best CD for a Penetration Test
For Wireless stuff Backtrack is quite well. I also used Knoppix
S-T-D, it was good but the it had very little support to wireless
card, it was also based on kernel 2.4. I do not really know if there
is a newer version, but it was good if you did not require wireless.
I agree that this distros are like a box of tools. You can have
many of them and use them as you need.
-tlec
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