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WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) was introduced in an attempt to provide security during the authentication process, security and reliability in communications between wireless devices.

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Why does encryption not destroy the way networks work?

I've a very basic understanding of how encryption works. My knowledge insofar is that of CCNA discovery level on the CISCO courses (along with a few other things such as Steve Gibson and Leo Laporte on "Security Now" in various episodes). My…
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Convert WEP key to passphrase

How can I convert a 10-digit (in HEX) WEP key to it's corresponding passphrase? I've recovered the WEP key by a software tool (eg: 3666386162). Now I want to connect to this wifi network, so I need it's passphrase The Question: Is there any…
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Windows 8 WEP with Shared Key

Windows 8 won't let you connect to a wireless network that uses WEP with shared-key authentication. That's awesome for the greater good and all, but right now I want the "do it anyway" button, and if you run Windows 8's network diagnostics wizard,…
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How Wifis and wifi security work?

I see tons of videos dealing with WEP cracking, but actaully none of them teach about how Wifis work. They are just a bunch of commands thrown at the screen. Where can I learn about the inner mechanics of wifis? Can you recommend a website or a…
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Setting up WiFi so even non-technical people can connect easily

I keep running into this: I want to set up a temporary WiFi access point, but there's always someone who can't connect easily. So I end up spending at least 10 minutes on figuring out what's wrong with his OS/wireless-driver/etc. The goal is to…
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MacBook running Snow Leopard does not remember WEP password

I have a MacBook Pro5,5 running OS X 10.6.4. I can connect to a certain WLAN using AirPort with a WEP password successfully, but the password is not remembered after each disconnection. What's more, I do not even find an option to say that it should…
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Cracking WEP with Aircrack and Kismet

Just a minor question, but I notice with aircrack when it lists networks, it does not list the encryption type of each network. Which seems fair enough, as you can use Kismet, however on my machine when I end kismet and the server, the monitor…
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How to create an open wireless along with private wireless?

I am working in a restaurant and we got our own 10Mbps speed Internet connection. The high speed is intended for our servers and credit card phone line. We recently decided to open wireless up to customers who visit us. However, other neighbor…
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Airodump-ng & Aireplay-ng: No packets from AP

I'm pretty new to penetration testing and I'm trying to learn how to correctly use airodump-ng with aireplay-ng to break through wep encryption on my AP. I have managed to get the password with clients attached to the AP by reinjecting ARP packets…
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How can I set up a WEP wifi network hosted by my PC running Windows 8, which draws its internet connection from wifi?

My Nintendo 3DS can connect to WPA networks, but not when running the old DS games - there it requires an open network or WEP encryption at the most. My new router doesn't support multiple SSID's unless I flash it with DD-WRT, and I don't want to do…
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How can I retrieve the WEP password

How can I retrieve the WEP password for the 2wire774 wireless router so I can operate another computer on the network?
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How to recover WEP network key in WinXP?

I want to add another computer to my wireless network, but I do not remember the WEP encryption key. Windows XP has this key stored, I know this because it reconnects to the network each time I want, without needing the key entered again and again.…
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How to increase the strength of my wireless signal?

Possible Duplicate: Improve Wireless Signal Hello! I have some wireless connection from my college through the dormitory where i am living. The connection is really strong in the living room but weak in my room. Is there any way to extend the…
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Why can you configure multiple wep_keys in wpa_supplicant.conf?

I am trying to understand the configuration options for wpa_supplicant. WEP is almost irrelevant, but it does occasionally exist in the wild, so I looked up an example configuration (from here): network={ ssid="MYWEAKLYENCRYPTEDWLAN" …
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Does Open System Authentication uses random WEP keys?

I couldn't find a source explaining detailed how open system authentication works. Does open system authentication automatically generates random keys for each session?Why it's safer than shared key?
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