Cracking WEP Encryption with Aircrack in Backtrack 4
This tutorial demonstrates the vulnerabilities posed by implementing WEP encryption on a wireless network. It uses Aircrack with an Alfa AWUS036H wireless adapter in Backtrack 4.
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hello, how are you. i am going to buy a new keyboard and give that a try,and i really like the idea of booting from usb with backtrack i am going to try that. i have the vmworkstation for Penetration Testing. so i am trying to get all the knowledge i can so when i saw your video tutorial i had to ask some questions lol. i hope you make more video tutorials soon they are very helpful. but i wanted to say thank you for your help & advice. “god bless” ben.
A VMWare solution is fantastic if you are learning about Penetration Testing, as it allows you to run multiple machine images on the same host machine, so you could have an image running Backtrack, a couple of windows machines, linux machines etc. This allows you to effectively carry your own “virtual network” around with you to test. It also means that if you suddenly corrupt one of the machines, you can simply “rollback” the image. I guess it depends what you want to achieve in your “research”
Incidentally, the choice between running a Live CD or a VM Machine depends on what you want to achieve. A Live CD is perfect for quickly booting into any PC that allows booting from CD. You can also make a bootable USB drive as well, which is a fantastics way to make your Backtrack “persistant”, in that any changes that you make will be saved to the drive. It’s like installing it to a local hard drive, but makes it portable.
Hi Ben, the Alfa adapter should work in both the Live CD and VMWare. Backtrack comes with the neccessary drivers, and VMWare should “pass” the USB port through to the VM Appliance.
With regard to the commands not working, it may be a keyboard problem. I’ve seen in the past that some USB keyboards for example are not recognised by Backtrack. I’m assuming whe you say it Copies & Pastes, that you are using the mouse to do this.
hello,very good tutorial.i have a couple questions i just ordered my Alfa AWUS036H wireless adapter the 500mw.the first should i use vmware or live cd. the second is.. when i type a command in backtrack 3 or 4 it does not reconize the command but i can copy and paste them just fine. i would appreciate any help. thank you “god bless” ben
Good vid apart from screen capture quality is so low can’t read what you’re typing