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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security algorithm for wireless networks.

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What exactly is fake authentication in aireplay-ng

I have started studying Wireless Security and in WEP security, there is something called fake-auth attack. I know it sends an authentication request and then associates with the AP and then we can proceed to an arp replay attack. I need to know how…
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Decrypt WEP wlan profile key using CryptUnprotectData

I am trying to decrypt WEP profile's key using CryptUnprotectData. The way I fetched the profile key is by exporting the profile using netsh. netsh wlan export profile name="MyWEP" folder="./" For now, I manually copied the key material from the…
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How to convert WEP key to ASCII passphrase?

Does anyone have a hex->ascii method to reverse the WEP encryption? I have my WEP key (eg F2:E8:54:22:F3), but can't remember my passphrase. I'm not too concerned with the accuracy of the passphrase. I found this site, which has a Linux program…
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WEP (Shared Key Authentication), how is the 136 byte challenge response formed?

I am playing around with WEP(Shared key authentication) challenge/response mechanism at the moment and I hope someone could help me out. The AP sends a challenge text to the STA. The challenge text is 128 bytes The STA encrypts the challenge and…
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What is the WEP shared-key authentication algorithm

I'm reading a book named 802.11 Wireless Networks The Definitive Guide(second edition) recently. I find myself unable to understand the algorithm of WEP shared-key authentication. In the book, chapter 8.3, section "The legacy of shared-key…
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How Can I: Generate 40/64 Bit WEP Key In Python?

So, I've been beating my head against the wall of this issue for several months now, partly because it's a side interest and partly because I suck at programming. I've searched and researched all across the web, but have not had any luck (except one…
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Java - Get List of Wireless Networks in Range

I'm trying to get a list of wireless networks that are in range of the user. I would like the program to be able to get SSID (if broadcasting), Security Type (WEP, WPA, WPA2), and maybe a couple other pieces of information. I want to do the whole…
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How to convert a passphrase into 128bit/256bit WEP key?

I have a passphrase and I want to generate 128bit or 256bit WEP key from that. Any pointers or links will be helpful on how to generate WEP key from a plain text.
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How to find the security status of a Wi-Fi, whether it is WEP or WPA or None? using C# CONSOLE APP

I am doing a task to retrieve the Wi-fi details. I have gone through Microsoft documentation and found a UWP wi-fi scan file and ran the code, it gave all details. But I need the namespace windows.devices.wifi in the console app, I can't import…
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program to check whether my wifi is secured(ie WPA2/WEP) in windows c++

Is it possible to check whether my Wi-Fi is secured(ie WPA2/WEP) programmatically in Windows C++?
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how can i make a simple wep key generator in javascript?

im trying to make a wep key generator and ive read how wep keys work but i really dont even know how to start making it. can anyone give me an example or direct me to a tutorial? i tried using google but no luck.
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How to connect raspberry to WEP encrypted and dhcp enabled Ad-Hoc network

I have Three Rasbperry Pi3 and I have configured 2 of them as dhcp enabled ad-hoc network server they are working fine and I can connect to them using Windows PC and Linux PC as well as from Mobile. The dhcp also assigns the 'Laptop, PC and Mobile'…
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Detect if unsecured wifi network actually has internet access

I need to detect if a wifi network that lacks any WPA or WEP protection is actually a usable wifi hotspot with internet access. In other words I need to discern between standard free hotspots and things like T-mobile hotspots which are unsecured…
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hostapd configuration for WEP network

I want to create fake access point in WEP mode using hostapd. I found some configuration samples like…
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Got unicode error when send string parameter over D-Bus

I try to use python dbus module to connect to WEP security WiFi I fill the network configuration dictionary like as follows: nw_config['wep_key0'] = binascii.unhexlify(mypassword) mypassword is hex-string when mypassword is set to '12345678' there…
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