xkcd Style WEP Cracking in Real Life
My love for xkcd comics has influenced me to write this modified autoconfig “cracking” tool that cracks wifi WEP password from your neighbors, exactly the way shown in xkcd comic number 416:
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Here is the tool in action:
As you can see there are some state of the art features added to this version. This tools is the result of weeks of sleepless night, yet I am not too sure whether I should release this version to the public. There are some sick people out there who can seriously abuse this tool. If you are still skeptical about the existence of this, you can watch it live in action:
Remember, hacking is serious business.
Disclaimer: No Children or neighbors were hurt (that I know of) during this demo.
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sleep(1000) cout ‘.’
sleep(2000) cout ‘.’
sleep(500) cout ‘.’
get the drift?
Aaand this definitely isn’t just a script that outputs strings at the right times.
I actually thought you had made an application that WORKED for a minute, but it appears I was sadly mistaken.
Ha. I made a version of this too. It’s great to screw around with my friends with…I think a few of them actually thought that was happening. Guess that shows ya how 1337 they think I am…bwahahahahaha. Who cares if I’m that good or not? Power is a beautiful thing…even if it is just fear.
Wow. You really should release it - all the security penetration tools I’ve seen aren’t that user friendly.