Wlan Protections

[Gaeryc]

So what kind of wlan protections will pandora be able to use? It sucks that at my school they always use the latest, so if pandora only supports wep I can't use teh internet in school.

 

[dockthepod]

WEP only would be very silly. I don't expect the devs to make that mistake.

 

[Gaeryc]

Wap is something that evolves all the time, like other protections that may come. Can pandora support future standards by software?

 

[Zarneth]

Wap is something that evolves all the time, like other protections that may come. Can pandora support future standards by software?
Pandora is supposedly going to support the Debian ARM packages. Debian is one of the top Linux distros (though sligntly more server oriented than desktop) Which means there's going to be a LOT of potential software that will be able to run on it. It's VERY close to being a full pc.

 

[Mia]

MWeston has already confirmed (hardware suggestion #7) that the Pandora will support WPA2.

 

[Squidge]

It's all software, so it'll support whatever people use

 

[Gaeryc]

It's all software, so it'll support whatever people use

That's goo to know

 

[Vimacs]

I suppose most people will "use" wep on the go cause of its "strong encryption" *hint hint*

Dies anyone know if the chipset works with aircrack?

 

[javaJake]

I use WEP on my router only because there's no encryption ready for personal use that can't be cracked and because some devices I own cannot connect to anything better than WEP.

 

[Peter R]

I use WEP on my router only because there's no encryption ready for personal use that can't be cracked and because some devices I own cannot connect to anything better than WEP.

WEP is cracked far more easily than the WPA methods.

 

[Squidge]

WEP is OK if your router doesn't send out its SSID, and the SSID is a random jumble of characters (It's difficult to connect to something you don't know exists...)

 

[Gaeryc]

WEP is OK if your router doesn't send out its SSID, and the SSID is a random jumble of characters (It's difficult to connect to something you don't know exists...)

Thanks for the tip
I need to use wep because DS supports only it.

 

[teggun]

Dies anyone know if the chipset works with aircrack?

If the pandora can support aircrack, kismet monitoring etc. without too much messing around then i will almost definitely buy it...



for my network security testing obviously.

 

[yaustar]

WEP is OK if your router doesn't send out its SSID, and the SSID is a random jumble of characters (It's difficult to connect to something you don't know exists...)

Most network sniffers can find SSID hidden access points easily. IIRC KisMac does this.

 

[Squidge]

Most network sniffers can find SSID hidden access points easily. IIRC KisMac does this.

Is there a KisPC? Just as KisMac requires a Mac, so basically there's no threat to security there

 

[Samba Pa Ti]

Most network sniffers can find SSID hidden access points easily. IIRC KisMac does this.

Is there a KisPC? Just as KisMac requires a Mac, so basically there's no threat to security there


wouldnt kismet be the pc version ?

 

[sephiroth111]

Most network sniffers can find SSID hidden access points easily. IIRC KisMac does this.

Is there a KisPC? Just as KisMac requires a Mac, so basically there's no threat to security there


http://www.kismetwireless.net/
i was always under the impression that Kismac was based on Kismet.
edit: darn samba beat me to it.

 

[realyst]

WEP ain't secure by any standard:

Using init vector methods(it's transmitted in plain text, after all, so all you need to do is flip a bit in the cypher text and see what it spits out to analyze what method it uses to scramble and combine it with brute force) you can get the key to decrypt the packets, which can contain the mac address of the sender(if a sender is connected) bypassing MAC filtering through MAC spoofing.

Also, even though turning off SSID works to prevent you from knowing what the connection is, using a packet sniffing software tool, you can again grab the packets from a connected PC which will contain the SSID.

WPA2 does use some hardware, IIRC, to do some decrypting, but that hardware has been pretty much built into any wireless chipset for the last few years.

Nintendo, from all outward appearances, is just now learning what an "Internet" is, so that probably explains the lack of WPA on the DS.