Questions tagged [wep]
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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Transmitting Station Address same as AP
I see abbreviations like this in Wifi Protected Access documentation. Is Transmitting Station same as Access Point?
So if the source address or DA was Access point would SA/TA = AP Addresss ?
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Is there a way to restore WEP connectivity in Windows 10?
I have to connect to a WEP Wi-Fi network with my Windows 10 laptop.
Is there a way to restore such connectivity in Windows 10 after that Microsoft decided to disable it?
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I am completely aware ...
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Do all devices in the same network have to use the same security standard (WEP/WPA/WPA2)?
If a router uses WPA2 or WPA, can a WEP-secured client connect to the network if it uses the correct username and password? In other words, does the security standard have to be consistent across ...
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Can you crack incorrect password attempts in WEP?
I am wondering if it's possible to capture and extract incorrect passwords in a fake WEP access point. If so, how much time would it take to crack the password?
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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):
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Configuring a network on Ubuntu virtual machines
I want to set up two Ubuntu virtual machines. One of them needs to be connected to a router with a WEP encryption. I have the router set up and have one VM connected to it.
My question is:
How can I ...
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How to set up a WEP (legacy) Access Point
I have been searching the internet for a few days now on how to set up a WEP (in)secure AP. For pen-testing and experimentation purposes. I noticed that the support of Wired Equivalent Privacy has ...
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Find out wep key from embeded client
im kinda stuck here i have an embedded system i was given from a friend that connects to a wifi network to configure it unfortunately he cant remember the WEP key that was used to connect it. is there ...
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Can I use the hex WEP key as a WPA passcode
Im changing from WEP to WPA2 security on my home wifi network. Can I use the hex WEP key as a WPA passcode when converting from WEP to WPA, to eliminate the need to update all wifi connections with a ...
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Are there different standards to calculate the hex WEP key from an ASCII passphrase?
Are there different standards/methods to calculate a WEP key from a passphrase? Or why is it, that the 128 bit key generated on http://www.andrewscompanies.com/tools/wep.asp differ from the 128 bit ...
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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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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 ...
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Wireless 802.1x Authentication with WEP Encryption
I would like to set up Cisco WLC with WLAN with 802.1x authentication. I see that the only encryption mechanism is WEP. Everywhere it says that this algorithm is weak solution? Im I missing something ...
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How can wpa_cli distinguish between WEP-Shared and WEP-Open?
If I setup an access point as WEP-Shared or WEP-Open it shows up as:
wpa_cli scan
Selected interface 'wlan0'
OK
wpa_cli scan_results
Selected interface 'wlan0'
bssid / frequency / signal level / ...
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What To Do With The WEP 64-Bit key
Say I have sniffed on a Wi-Fi, and I have happened to have found the 64 WEP-Key. What can I do with this? Can I reverse the RC4 and use that as a password. Do I need to include the IV? I don't ...
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