WEPCrack

URLs:

WEPCrack: http://wepcrack.sourceforge.net

prismdump: http://developer.axis.com/download/tools/

Supported Platforms

Most popular Unix-based OSs (Windows to some extent)

A Brief History

Early in 2001, it was discovered that the use of RC4, as it was implemented in wireless 802.11 encryption, was fundamentally flawed. This discovery, which was publicized by Fluhrer, Mantin, and Shamir in a paper titled “Weaknesses in the Key Scheduling Algorithm of RC4,” slapped the entire 802.11 wireless market right across the face. According to this paper, WEP could be cracked in a couple of hours with the proper programming.

Although the infamous paper went into great technical detail regarding the flaws of the KSA and its theoretical impact ...

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