12.6. Wireless Hacking Tools
Several tools can be used when looking to enumerate or crack into wireless networks. Many of these have graphical user interfaces (GUIs) that allow less-savvy users to perform very complicated tasks, such as mapping out WEP keys for physical areas and cracking wireless networks with relative ease, even if they don't have any background in hacking. We'll spend some time covering these tools so you'll know what to look out for when securing your wireless network.
12.6.1. KisMAC
KisMAC is a free network scanning utility that was not intended to be a hacking utility. But it can definitely be used to detect and crack wireless networks. When scanning, KisMAC shows networks in four colors, based on their level of encryption. ...
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