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Retina WiFi Scanner

Posted By Bennett On 13. February 2007 @ 20:53 In Uncategorized | No Comments

I audited my Wireless Access Point using the free [1] Retina WiFi Scanner from eEye Digital Security. According to it, my [2] WPA [3] PSK key length was too short, so I increased it to around 25 characters. If you look at the scanner’s installation directory, there is a file named wepdic.txt. This is the wordlist that the scanner uses to attempt to brute force [4] WEP keys. In theory you should be able to replace it with a larger wordlist.

Cain & Abel has been added to my list of “must have” security tools. Essential for doing password audits.

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URLs in this post:
[1] Retina WiFi Scanner: http://www.eeye.com/html/resources/downloads/wifi/index.html
[2] WPA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access
[3] PSK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-shared_key
[4] WEP: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy

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