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AppleJockey
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Nov 23, 2005, 05:36 PM
 
is there a app that lets aitrport EXTREME do PASSIVE sniffing?
to crack a wireless lan?
     
chabig
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Nov 23, 2005, 08:30 PM
 
No there isn't. The app authors can't get it to work because the maker of the Airport Extreme card (Broadcomm, I think) won't release any documentation.

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AppleJockey  (op)
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Nov 23, 2005, 09:48 PM
 
thats what i thought
sux!
     
wingchuner
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Nov 23, 2005, 10:12 PM
 
actually there is..kismac can do it..version r75. Kind of hard to obtain though
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AppleJockey  (op)
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Nov 24, 2005, 09:33 AM
 
oh yea?

thanks! wing


did a fairly quick search and found this


I have NOT tested it yet to see if it works but here is the link

http://binaervarianz.de/downloads.ph...ttp&file_id=36
( Last edited by AppleJockey; Nov 24, 2005 at 09:51 AM. )
     
chabig
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Nov 24, 2005, 10:35 AM
 
I just tested it. It looks like the authors are making progress, but it was unable to load a passive driver for my card, and then it was unable to restore my system to its previous settings. The program crashed I had to reboot to get back to normal.

Chris
     
AppleJockey  (op)
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Nov 24, 2005, 10:44 AM
 
yea I was not able to make it work in passive more either.
I got this info/post from another site tried it but it still didnt work for ME either

Okay, when I launched Kismac it gave me an error that it couldn't locate a driver. I hit okay, then went into drivers under Preferences and added the Airport Extreme Passive Mode, then quit Kismac. I turned off my Airport card, then relaunched Kismac, went to start scanning, and it prompted me for the admin password to switch out drivers. Sure enough, it worked! I was actually collecting data with my Airport Extreme card. Woohoo!

The only downside is it didn't reload the original driver upon quitting, so I had to restart in order for the system to recognize I had an Airport card again. Aside from that, this looks very promising!
Im going to try again.
There must be somehting they are doing why they can get it to work........
     
tooki
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Nov 24, 2005, 12:02 PM
 
I can't condone cracking LANs.

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