As I wrote in the first message, I suggested to my friend that he should restore his router to default settings, but HE doesn't want to. I thought it would be fun to crack it, and show him how weak his password is. He gave me permission to crack it.
What programing language would be best suited to make an app that would do what I want to do? On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:47 PM, David Kaiser <dkai...@cdk.com> wrote: > Paul, > > Is there some magic data in the router flash that you can't lose by > pressing the reset button? > > Depending on the router, you can even use the reset button, go into a > temporary mode, lets you reset the password, and then you do a normal > power cycle and all your settings are back. You may not even lose > anything by using the reset button option. > > On the other hand, if you don't have a goal of getting it fixed soon, > and you are bored, then definitely go with Michael Sokolov's suggestion > and write a tool that rotates through the alpha character space and > tries to use the PSK. If you get anywhere with it, I'd like to be a > beta tester to test on one of my routers here at home. > > DK > > > > Paul Saenz wrote: > > Isn't there programs ie. password crackers that will do a brute force > > attack > > in a attempt to sign in with passwords that are alphabetically based on > > dictionary words? > > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 6:11 PM, Dante Lanznaster <dant...@gmail.com > > <mailto:dant...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > To keep it short, you don't. There's no way of cracking WPA > passwords. > > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Paul Saenz > > <forensicneoph...@gmail.com <mailto:forensicneoph...@gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > My friend forgot his WPA password. I told him to just reset his > > router, > > > but he doesn't want to do that. It is a simple password. No > numbers, > > > and no punctuation. What tools (in Backtrack preferably) would I > use > > > to crack his password. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org <mailto:LinuxUsers@socallinux.org> > > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org <mailto:LinuxUsers@socallinux.org> > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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