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M73A
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O.P. Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
was some thing on tv and this guy just literally drove down a road, loaded up this program and could see what computers on an unsecured wireless network were doing...
how easy is that to do?
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This post was edited on 02-13-2008 at 02:39 PM by M73A.
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| 02-13-2008 02:38 PM |
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RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
well, afaik you can do some packet sniffing, but that would only show their wireless network traffic, not their actual desktop if that's what you're after.
unless they also have no password on their remote desktop connection (if that's even possible)
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| 02-13-2008 03:07 PM |
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M73A
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O.P. RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
lol i dunno, the guy printed out what this dude was doing in his house (booking holidays etc) and gave the printouts of the webpage to him  |
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RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
It's fairly easy to access a WEP or WPA encrypted wireless network... Even easier for an unsecured one. I know because I tested the security in my network. Once on a network you can packet sniff. Ethereal (now WireShark) can sniff packets and possibly display information sent unencrypted such as certain logins from unsecrue sites, but most likely not anything using SSL or some form a encryption when submitting data
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| 02-13-2008 04:37 PM |
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RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
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Originally posted by M73A
lol i dunno, the guy printed out what this dude was doing in his house (booking holidays etc) and gave the printouts of the webpage to him (Smilie)
Just sniffed the packets to find out what url they had come from/to?
This post was edited on 02-13-2008 at 06:56 PM by vaccination.
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| 02-13-2008 05:15 PM |
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Jesus
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RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
vax, you fail ed at quoting 
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Originally posted by SpunkyLoveMuff
It's fairly easy to access a WEP or WPA encrypted wireless network
I know about WEP being easy to crack, but has WPA been cracked too?
And how about WPA2?
edit: just googled for the answer
This post was edited on 02-13-2008 at 07:21 PM by Jesus.
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| 02-13-2008 05:40 PM |
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RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
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Originally posted by Jesus
I know about WEP being easy to crack, but has WPA been cracked too?
WEP is hardly easy to crack imo...You need very specific hardware with monitoring modes and you need to collect enough packets, etc.... |
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| 02-13-2008 05:46 PM |
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RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
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Originally posted by Dane
WEP is hardly easy to crack imo...You need very specific hardware with monitoring modes and you need to collect enough packets, etc....
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Originally posted by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy
... today a WEP connection can be cracked with readily available software within minutes.
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| 02-13-2008 06:05 PM |
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Dane
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RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
It lies, WDZ. Do the research and try for yourself, haha. I have tried as an experiment  . |
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| 02-13-2008 06:14 PM |
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RE: Wifi- how easy is it to see what someone else is doing?
WEP is insecure as its encryption key has been cracked, and thus people can discover a password to a network. WPA keys can also be cracked, but only with a random key access attempt; have a bizarre password and the chances are minimal that someone can get in. Also try Mac address filtering and look for vans with a satellite dish outside your house . |
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