Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-14 Thread Mark Harrison
baza wrote: What you have to remember is not to trust any security on your network. But, you can over do it. All of the 'hackers' I know won't sit outside your house trying to crack your WEP to get your eBay password etc. One of the simplest things you can do to keep people off your

[ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-13 Thread Ian Pascoe
Hi Folks Some clarity on these times to break please! Is this done by snooping the traffic that is going between the computer and router or by bombarding the router with various keys until it responds? Anyone know for sure? I know a couple of guys who work on computer crypotography and they

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-13 Thread Dave Walker
On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 19:50 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: Hi Folks Some clarity on these times to break please! Is this done by snooping the traffic that is going between the computer and router or by bombarding the router with various keys until it responds? Anyone know for sure? I know a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-13 Thread Matthew Macdonald-Wallace
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:50:49 +0100, Ian Pascoe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Folks Some clarity on these times to break please! Is this done by snooping the traffic that is going between the computer and router or by bombarding the router with various keys until it responds? Anyone know

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-13 Thread Steve
On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 20:09 +0100, Dave Walker wrote: On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 19:50 +0100, Ian Pascoe wrote: Hi Folks Some clarity on these times to break please! Is this done by snooping the traffic that is going between the computer and router or by bombarding the router with

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Wireless Cracking was setting up bt home hub in ubuntu

2007-06-13 Thread baza
There was a recent Security Now podcast that explains this topic quite well. It think it has been linked to before on this list, but here you go anyway. http://media.grc.com/sn/SN-089.mp3 Happy listening, Steve What you have to remember is not to trust any security on your