I often see people who cracked a WEP key and who wanted to convert it to ASCII.
My question is why do you want to convert it?
Maybe because it is easier to remember? Mmmh ... not always, especially if it's 13 random characters like this: $5@r6m2be_rEX
Maybe for network managers (command line/graphical, Linux/Windows)? No, they don't care if it's ASCII or hex. And an incomplete conversion would be unusable.
And, btw, if it was convertible, aircrack-ng would have given you the ASCII version :)
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Maybe they want to convert it so they can show it to the owner to prove it's been cracked. I can't think of any other (legitimate) reason.
ReplyDeleteI can remember the hex far easier than the other. I never needed to know. Couldn't the person use the hex the prove it to owner?
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I love the Aircrack-ng tools! They help me to teach how important a good password is. Some do not believe a wep pw can be found out so I get their permission and prove it to them! they move up to wpa.
I like the new blog. I just started one my self but for more general topics. Good luck to you!
Or maybe they don't know where and how to enter the hex key. They only know keys and passwords in ASCII.
ReplyDeleteNewbie q: Why can't they just convert the hex to ascii, the same way it was converted to hex?
ReplyDeleteDon't yell, I'm still new at this
Al principio yo queria convertir la clave a ASCII por mera ignorancia, pues no supe hasta un tiempo despues que podia utilizar la clave WEP sin traducir, despues de eso, no me importo.
ReplyDeleteSin imbargo seria interesante poder ver la palabra traducida, por curiosidad o quisas porque muchos al cambiar su seguridad de WEP a WAP mantienen la misma clave, pero mas que nada por curiosidad.
Quisas elijan palabras compeljas pensando que son mas seguras o simplemente creen que nunca desencriptarn su red y mantienen la configuracion predeterminada; la clave traducida solo serviria por diversion.
An ASCII password entered in the AP doesn't always result in the same key translated to hex, some AP derivate a key from the entered string.
ReplyDeleteFor "Newbie q: Why can't they just convert the hex to ascii, the same way it was converted to hex?", please read again the post, that will answer the question.
At first I wanted to convert the ASCII key by mere ignorance, because no one knew until after that time could use the WEP key untranslated, after that, I do not care.
ReplyDeleteBut it would be interesting to see the word translated by curiosity or perhaps because many of their security by changing WEP to WAP maintain the same key, but out of curiosity more than anything.
Maybe choose words that are more complex thinking, or simply feel safer than ever desencriptarn your network and keep the default settings, the key would only translated for fun.
My mind has to be watching always what the people use to do. So I have a statistical computer in my brain that keeps track of what the people use as password. It is very educational for the ethical hackers.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting Antonias, I didn't thought about it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, for some time, consider your program a lot, attacks which can be performed, homemade antennas, ethics, etc ... top with who did not understand the code, so now I'm learning to program =)
ReplyDeletesometime people use the same or very close pw for every thing ;)
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't care if the ascii version differs from the original as long as it also provides access.
ReplyDeleteMost portable devices only allow passphrase/ascii and not hex input... so ...
how do u use the hex key then
ReplyDeleteActually the primary reason I would like to do this is quite simple. Often I am able to bust a WEP key but then I get hung on the routers password. I would like to be able to determine if the user was foolish enough to use the ASCII equivalent of the WEP key as a password for the router. I have run into situations where this is in fact common.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the last post. This must be almost always the case. Even for my own router I have been using exactly the same pass as the WPA key. But it has to be the ASCII equivalent to try for the router...
ReplyDeleteLike most of the people on here..i think that people just are not aware that they can use the key 'untranslated'.
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