Wifi

Updates to KnowtheNetwork.com/tools

December 8, 2008

I’ve added some apps and firefox extensions to our tools page that I would like to bring to your attention. The apps are listed by category. Wireless inSSIDer – Free Wi-Fi network scanner compatible with XP & Vista Vistumbler – Free, Open SourceWi-Fi network scanner compatible with Vista Firefox Extensions Compact Menu – replaces the [...]

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WifI Antenna Hack

November 15, 2007

This is a video instructable that shows you how to hack your normal WiFi antenna to get better range. This couldn’t be easier or cheaper. The vid is 2min long and easy to follow.

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Wireless LAN Security Myths

October 23, 2007

ZDNet.com | George Ou | Mar 26 2007 I’m so glad to see that I’m not alone in my wireless security recommendations. This is a great piece that goes into good detail about bad ideas and myths that many wireless “pros” still seem to stand by. I’ll address the issue that bothers me most. SSID [...]

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Windows Update for Wireless

October 11, 2007

A hidden Windows update makes Wireless life mo’ betta. Have you every had problems connecting to a WPA2 encrypted wireless network while using the built Windows wireless utility? Yes? Join the horde. Many times the solution is to use a 3rd party manufacturers software to connect to these networks but what if there was an [...]

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Retailers haven’t learned from TJX

May 21, 2007

As you probably know the TJ Maxx credit card theft was largely responsible to lax wireless security. See Article A wireless network that employed less protection than many people use on their home systems appears to be the weak link that led TJX Companies, the US-based retailing empire, to preside over the world’s biggest known [...]

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Researchers Put Nail in WEP’s Coffin

April 24, 2007

DarkReading.com | April 9, 2007 Its first flaws were exposed more than six years ago, but WEP continues to be one of the industry’s most popular means of encrypting wireless transmissions. Now German researchers say they’ve found a hack that might put the flawed protocol down once and for all. Speaking at a conference in [...]

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All in One WLAN Pentesting tool

February 21, 2007

File under the “oooo I want one” Eweek.com | February 8, 2007 Among the most intriguing technologies being shown off at this year’s ongoing RSA Conference in San Francisco is a mobile penetration testing application made by Miami Beach, Fla.-based Immunity that allows people to scan networks for vulnerabilities on the go. Dubbed Silica, the [...]

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Bringing Free Wi-Fi

August 26, 2005

A recent post entitled “Wi-fi should be free” proported that wireless internet access should be free and apparently Google has read my post. (Hey, it could happen) According to a CNN article and a Business 2.0 piece Google may have plans to create a nation-wide free wireless internet access “grid”. Through buying “dark fiber” and [...]

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