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Removing wlan0mon created by Kismet
I have been playing with the aircrack-ng tools, and also Kismet to see how my networks appear.
Kismet creates a monitor interface wlan0mon which it uses for scanning.
With airmon-ng I can create and ...
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Why is MAC-based authentication insecure?
Most wireless routers can use MAC-based authentication as part of their overall security scheme. It seems like a good idea, but I've heard that it is very ineffective, because it's easy to spoof MAC ...
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Your connection is not private - Attackers might be trying to steal your information
I would like to know what does this error message means in the chrome and when I try to access in my case hotmail and I get this below message and if I try to access gmail or yahoo or facebook I do ...
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How do I configure my Linksys routers to resist the WPS brute-force vulnerability?
US-CERT recently released Vulnerability Note VU#723755.
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/723755
In short, this describes how modern wireless routers can have their PSKs discovered within just a matter ...
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How can I detect unauthorized access on my 802.11 g/n network?
I am using a wireless network and I want to make sure that no unauthorized users are connecting through my access point. I am using the standard encryption the device supports. I know it is a ...
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Should I Upgrade My Old Wireless Router?
I have an old wireless router, and I mean stone age old (5 years). There is nothing wrong technically with the router, it serves my wireless needs at home but it is really darn old. A search on ...
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What kind of information can my University gather regarding my internet use on the University’s network?
I attend a large University and use their network for just about everything. Although I realize security measures probably differ from campus to campus, on a typical University-wide network, how ...
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Is "guest network" feature on ASUS routers safe?
My ASUS RT-AC68U router has an option to enable a "guest network". I'm curious how "safe" this is. The config page claims that it only allows traffic through to the internet, so I assume it physically ...
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Advice for a Defcon Virgin
I have never attended a Defcon convention before and I am very excited to be attending this year. I need some help in making sure I am prepared for the event.
- If I bring my laptop and connect it to ...
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How can I configure my wireless network for the strongest security?
There seem to be many security features in wireless routers from MAC address filtering to the authentication type and data encryption. WPA or WPA2 PSK? AES or TKIP?
When I set up a new wireless ...
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Can I be a root certificate authority for my local network?
This may sound crazy, but can I be the root certificate authority? I mean, I have many computers and smart devices in my home.
Remote Desktop warns for the certificate not being trusted, because it ...
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Why does router send packets to the multicast address?
I have a computer running linux and it has ufw activated with a couple of simple rules set. It is connected to ASUS 4G-N12 router by wifi. When I looked in ufw logs a few days ago it turned out that ...
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Is LastPass vulnerable to FireSheep attacks?
Say I was at Starbucks and wanted to use LastPass... would FireSheep users be able to steal the password/cookie/session?
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Why can't I connect to the wireless network after the network password was changed?
My family changed the network password and some other network settings after new computers were brought into the house, because apparently they wouldn't work with the settings or password we had.
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Tenda MW6 mesh is talking to baidu -what is it doing?
I recently picked up a set of tenda MW6 mesh units - I'm running this in "bridged" mode, since that's the only option that turns off their dhcp server. The primary mesh unit connected to a DIY linux ...
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