MiniStumbler

MiniStumbler is a miniature version of NetStumbler, which is discussed in Chapter 9, “Auditing Tools.” MiniStumbler is a very user-friendly wireless network scanner that listens for beacon signals coming from open and broadcasting WLANs. In addition, this program will provide a plethora of information that makes it very useful for both hackers and the security professionals. As you will see, MiniStumbler might be small, but it packs a load of power in its functionality.

Installing MiniStumbler

MiniStumbler is a basic one-file program that simply needs to be downloaded, unzipped, and placed in the My Documents shared folder that is used to pass files from host to palmtop. After the ministumbler.exe file is located on the iPAQ’s ...

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