PART IIHACKING 802.11 CLIENTS
CASE STUDY: RIDING THE INSECURE AIRWAVES
In between sips of his iced latte, Darwin checked the time. Somehow he got to the Starbucks 30 minutes earlier than he was supposed to, giving him an opportunity to catch up on his feeds. Unfortunately, Darwin’s iPhone was currently in a state of disrepair due to a botched unlock attempt. This meant if he was going to browse the Web he would need to power up his laptop.
After Darwin booted up his Ubuntu box and logged in, he skimmed the headlines on Slashdot (no seriously guys, this time Linux will succeed on the desktop). Once he got his news fix, Darwin popped in his external wireless card and put it into monitor mode. Firing up Kismet, he could see a few different networks ...
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