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Question:
"I got a pbm to get a wpa key.
I got the data packets ok, I get the green light with the deauthentification, but when I ask to find the wpa I get this:
"the wpa key could not be recovered because of the following reason: the key was none of the tested passwords.."
Answer:
The file used needs to have the exact password in it. The words are tested "as is" and not in combination.
Example: the password is "I love Kismac"
If your dictionary contains the words "I" + "love" + "Kismac" it will NOT work, your dictionary must contain the exact "I love Kismac" as a word to successfully attempt to crack.
Be also sure to use a proper formatted file: a simple .txt will work perfectly.
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Question:
2 questions :
- to crak wpa key what kind of USB device i need ? (name please)
- what does mean dictionnary file !??!
Answer:
Dictionary file OR Wordlist are files containing simple words or sentences to be tried against the key. They often contain 100,000's of words related to a subject, i.e. last names, first names, Yiddish words, bacteria, etc .. You can also find the 500 most used passwords
Or take a list and expand it by modification or concatenation*
Excel wordlist expander
link posted : http://aloah.free.fr/Mactips/home_En.html
*Concatenate: to add strings together. "qwerty" +"1234"= "qwerty1234"
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Question:
I can't collect IV's
Answer:
Look at the troubleshooting article, multiple answers posted
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Question:
what kind of USB device i need?
Answer:
Already posted multiple times
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Question:
I can't seems to be able to collect IV's / IV's Collection is very slow
Answer:
You need to look first at the number of packets collected:
Packets
Data Packets
Management Packets
Control Packets
Unique IV
We are looking at the ratio between Packets and Data Packets. Data Packets is the good stuff.
If you have a lot of packets with a lot of Management packets, it means that you are listening to a non-active network. A bit like if you listen to static on radio: Nothing good to listen to.
To give you an example, I have at home multiple WiFi Devices. Some are Wireless Backup HDD.
So, if you come near buy, you'll see multiple network. The Issue is that the Wireless Backup is NOT connected to the internet, and only "working" when I am doing a backup. So you could listen for a long time, getting management packets, but zero IV's, and very little good stuff.
The Other issue could be that everything is ok, but the connection is not very active. Somebody left the computer on and went to work. Almost no traffic. Packets collection is going to be slow.
What injection device should I use?
-The list of “approved” hardware is here: http://trac.kismac-ng.org/wiki/HardwareList
I have tried the Edimax EW-7318 USg, Hawking HWUG1 & HWUG1A (about $40)
The KisMAC Team highly recommends the Alfa AWUS036H (about $50)
I am not really impressed by the sensitivity of the Hawking “as is”, you may want to consider a high gain antenna, or the Alfa AWUS036H for better results.
I’ll try the Hawking with a directional antenna and post results, if any.
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Question:
Can I use KisMAC with XP?
Answer:
Dear,
I am surprised: how can you write if you can't read? Are you two? one can read, one can write?
If so, ask your twin for an answer.
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Question:
- hi there, congrats for the nice job here.... i woud like to ask you if on a MBP I get a usb device rt73 Hawking HWUG1 for ex, do I need to install subversion, xcode and compile kismac explained on this link? http://screammy.name/projects/kismacmacbook/ I really hope not.... :) Will you advice me about the USB devise "rt73 Hawking HWUG1 "and "rt73 Hawking HWUG1A" , whats the diference between them and your opinion about this USB DEVICE "D-link DWL-G122? This blog will be from now on my favorites... Thanks in advance and keep the good work J. Answer(s)..
Hey J, thanks for the cheer up.Do I need to Compile KisMAC? ABZOLUTELY NOTthe post on screammy.name is from 2006 (updated in 2007) ... KisMAC has evolved ...
"The current distribution of KisMAC does not allow you to use the AirPort Extreme card in passive mode"Yes it does...Assuming that your are on OS X 10.5 or 10.6, Just download the version 0.2.99 available by link here:http://aloah.free.fr/mactips/Menu.html Via the Download Menu - Then Watch the video "how to" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBGN5OGCPgIWatch Again. (specially the warning) If you don't, you WILL be sorry. Breath, take a break, and watch again.Hawking To the best of my knowledge, the difference between the two are: one is 11g and the 1A is 11n.
- As for Hardware, what you want to be sure about is the chipset.
- The chipset is the "engine" Never mind the body, you care about the engine.
- hint: double check the FCC number (and you'll realize that different brands have the same engine)
- If you buy a non compatible....Kiss good bye to your $ D-link DWL-G122 has different revisions number : http://trac.kismac-ng.org/wiki/DWL-G122 So, I would apply the following formula: (CFU x D) -MS ^SOL
- CFU = Chances of F* up
- D= Distance
- MS= Money saved
- SOL= Shit out of luck factor.
- In Short: Save 10 bucks to be in trouble and re-ship the all stuff and wait 2 weeks. Do not get your money back for the shipping, and get upset because "I did not know"...
- Hawking, Edimax, Alpha or anything known to work without issues .... ;-)
- I suppose you will read the troubleshooting and Q&A completely. You will save a great amount of time by doing so. How much time? Well, can you do it is less than 4 seconds?
- Queries from Goog Analyticskismac ch/re >> Green, Orange or Red. All others colors are products of your imagination. - This is your way of asking a question - direct from the search bar in Google. If you have arrived here, it's probably because your question was formulated in a strange way, but you are very close to an answer, just use the search on the top left of the blog. I'll provide very short answers below Injection Airport Extreme >> Airport extreme can NOT inject or Re-Inject kismac could not attach to the apple airport driver >> 99% chance it's your fault. look into "Preferences" Kismac injection does not work >> Test injection (Command + T) Kismac injection not working >> Test injection (Command + T) kismac weak scheduling attack taking long time >> Look at troubleshooting kismac ew-7318usg tutorial rt73.plist >> App Cleaner ?? mac uninstall kismac >> App Cleaner + Plist Question: ..I have an issue with KisMAC "hanging" for some minutes in a specific channel... it's not always the same, but 'till this moment it has only happened with ch 11, 12, 13 and 14... the other channels pass fast, but on these channels it "hangs" for some minutes and then continues the scan... Answer: Uncheck the Channels 12, 13 and 14. Those channels are not used in most countries and it can create interferences: You are probably trying to listen to a microwave oven or an old cordless phone.
Ihad success with kismac and cracked a wifi. But the key that was given to me came out sorta like this: AE:J7:68:JG:HG etc. And it doesn't seem to work. Also the ASCII key is all jumbled. To crack I used both of the weak attacks.
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance.
Ihad success with kismac and cracked a wifi. But the key that was given to me came out sorta like this: AE:J7:68:JG:HG etc. And it doesn't seem to work. Also the ASCII key is all jumbled. To crack I used both of the weak attacks.
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance.
Ihad success with kismac and cracked a wifi. But the key that was given to me came out sorta like this: AE:J7:68:JG:HG etc. And it doesn't seem to work. Also the ASCII key is all jumbled. To crack I used both of the weak attacks.
ReplyDeleteThanks in advance.
Hey,
ReplyDeleteAs you are of the rare ones that ask questions here, I am going to answer right away:
the"AE:J7:68:JG:HG" is the Hexadecimal key.
Just enter it without the semicolons.
Example: "AE:J7:68:JG:HG" must be entered as AEJ768JGHG
If you copy and paste the "jumbled" AS IS, it works too.
The previous was explained in the article http://easymactips.blogspot.com/2009/03/kismac-ultimate-wifi-stumbler.html
As:
"If you have followed the steps, you should see something like that appears :-)))
remove the semicolon, and there you have it, or take a look at the main screen under Key or ASCII Key"
KisMAC 0.2.99
ReplyDeleteOS X: 10.5.8
So I think before I start this whole process I want to make sure I get the right USB network adaptor. Not all of them seem to work according to the comments I've read and I don't buy stuff online so I was wondering which of the available adaptors on the futureshop website should I purchase?
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/category/wireless-usb/25614.aspx?path=4c1ec0fa77581971115bb5cfb70068bcen01
Thanks in advanced! You guys should be paid for this tutorial.
Sara
Sara,
ReplyDeleteYou cracked me up :-)
one thing: you guy. no S. I am alone.
what makes the USB Net. Adap. work is the chipset, AKA the engine. If you are not 100% sure of the chipset or the FCC ID #, just don't buy it.
As most of the people are in a hurry they'll order the cheapest thing they can find, spend few hours finagling, start to cry, f* up the system, whine a little, then finally ship the stuff back ($8) then wait another week and pay the shipping a second time.
So, you have the right approach.
Now: Do you want the "best" or will you settle for an average one?
I have an "average one"
email me here and I'll send you the list.
contact: (re-captcha protected)
http://www.google.com/recaptcha/mailhide/d?k=01UYrcOb9KW7S1kLXrqN6IKw==&c=KcRwiSDknB1ieUnMh8dINA==
which driver do i use in kismac with Alfa AWUS036H on my MBP ? rt73 ?
ReplyDeleteRTL8187L http://tinyurl.com/4gjke7x
ReplyDeleteKisMac version 0.3.3
ReplyDeleteMac OSX version 10.6.6
USB RLT8187L
The FCC, and im not trying to be funny here, is not on the USB, it was on the box but the box is long gone and forgotten. It only has the MAC and s/n.
I hope regardless of the FCC you could assist me... I have read the FAQs, twice, and followed everything on the guide on how to crack a WEP key, I have no problems, not the COULD NOT INSTANTIATE problem. No nothing. Until I've reached the injection part, the unique IVs go up and so does everything else(paquets, injection packets) like on passive mode, but when I click on reinject packets, the window pops up and says: Injecting... and goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ,7 responses and then goes back to cero, and keeps doing that, without increasing the IV collection.
It has the injection packet number up to 100.
I have tested the injection and several green dots apear.
I really dont know wats going on here, maybe im doing something wrong? Any help appreciated.
1) USB RLT8187L
ReplyDeletehow do you know for sure?
what is the make, model and/or SN?
2) Are you trying on your own network?
3) is it WEP or WPA?
4) read the part that says "can't collect IV's" on the blog, and try to increase the traffic if you can.
There are multiple factors that will determine what/how you can Re-inject.
The most obvious one is a very low traffic network.
let me know
hello
ReplyDeleteI use KisMac 0.3.3 on Mac OS X 10.6.7 (on a Mac Book Air). As Wifi Adapter I have a AWUS036H (standard 5 DB antenne).
I planed an attack against my network which has WPA encoding.
I could successfully assemble over 55MiB and the red light turned to green.
Then I wanted to crack the password against the wordlist and used the wordlist cracklib-words, which I downloaded from SourceForge. KisMac crashes after a few seconds. What is wrong?
Hey,
ReplyDeleteA bug in KisMAC 0.3.3 prevents from using a wordlist on a WPA key recovery while on 64-bit
Either, Select the 32-bit option on "Get Info" on the KisMAC.app (Finder >> Applications Folder >> KisMAC.app >> Get Info)
OR use Aircrack for the Key recovery, twice as fast.
"I could successfully assemble over 55MiB and the red light turned to green"
- You only need to capture the handshakes for WPA. The size of the PCAP has nothing to do with it.
- Ensure that your wordlist file is plain text, with an empty line at the end.
HI
ReplyDeleteIm using Alfa AWUS036H to crack wifi
but it keep saying "Could not instantiate Driver. KisMAC was able to load the driver backend for USB RTL8187 device, but it was unable to create an interface. Make sure your capture device is properly plugged in. If you think everything is correct, you can try to restart your computer. Maybe your console.log and system.log show more details." all the time
I already uninstalled the program to use with it. Anyone please help
"already uninstalled the program to use with it"
ReplyDelete- What program?
- Just the program or the Program and the Plists?
-I unistalled "Realtex Program"
ReplyDelete-Just Program no plists deleted
-I didnt find any .Plishs that seems to involve with kismac
-If I delete all of the Plish, is there any effect to other programs
THanks for your reply
http://easymactips.blogspot.com/2009/07/kismac-ultimate-stumbler-ressources.html
ReplyDeleteIf that does not work, unload and uninstall the kernel driver for RealTek. (I am not aware of a "Realtex")
What do you mean "UPLOAD and uninstall the kernel driver for RealTek"
ReplyDeleteIt says : unload, not upload.
ReplyDeleteTry uninstalling without unload it first and you'll see what I mean.
I still dont see the "unload" part. Im using "mac keeper" to uninstall it.
ReplyDeleteI try the uninstall command that comes with Realtex installer but it keep saying "The file “realtek USB WLAN Uninstall.command” could not be executed because you do not have appropriate access privileges." What should I do?
http://tinyurl.com/3b4x3g9
ReplyDeleteor select the third option (platinum) http://tinyurl.com/4hwcnh7
It is clearly said multiple times NOT to install any drivers provided with the cards.
Hi i tried to scan networks with kismac 0.3.3 but I just keep getting this:
ReplyDeletefile:///Users/andyhunt/Desktop/Screen%20shot%202011-06-07%20at%203.16.23%20PM.png
Dear Andy Hunt,
ReplyDeletethe ///Users/andyhunt/Desktop... refers to YOUR computer, more exactly, on YOUR Desktop. it's not a link (i.e no http)
This is why Dropbox was invented. So, please, accept my gift and receive 2gb of free ONLINE storage. Please use it.
http://easymactips.blogspot.com/2010/04/dropbox-is-cooool.html
when i scan with kismac all i get is this
ReplyDelete2 11 00.40.00.00.00:ff no ad-hoc 0 172 184 7 5428
etc
please help
top of the page. 4 first sentences.
ReplyDeleteIs there a difference between the compatibility of the alfa awus036NH and alfa awus036N with Kismac 0.3.3? I bought the "NH" and don't see much info regarding it. Kismac says "unable to create an interface". does this have anything to do with the alfa I purchased? Thanks
ReplyDeleteIt's in the blog, pretty explanatory.
ReplyDeletehttp://easymactips.blogspot.com/2010/11/best-wifi-cards-best-usb-adapter-kismac.html
so i bought the awus036N, Kismac recognizes it, begins scanning, collects packets but never unique iv's. Why is this happening? Also, the awus036N light never flickers. Does this mean it is faulty?
ReplyDeleteThanks
Andy,
ReplyDeletePlease, please, please:
Re-read this very page SLOWLY.
If the answer to your #1 question does not jump in your face after re-reading, you will need to consider a one-to-one session. look into the platinum package. here: http://easymactips.blogspot.com/2009/11/support-donate.html
Hello!,
ReplyDeleteI use kismac 0.3.3 on MBP with 10.6.8 and an alfa 36H FCC: UQ2AWUSO36H , when I clic on "join network", Airport opens itself but cannot see the network cause too weak: how can I use the adapter only? Kismac is set on primary device.
Thank you!
Ano,
ReplyDeletedepending on your MBP, you'll boot in 32 or 64-bit mode. Check with sys profiler
32-bit mode:
Install the Realtek App for your 36h and us it as a secondary internet connection. it works very well: I have 5 different internet card working altogether on my MBP.
The driver will be loaded at boot, so you'll have to unload the drivers when using KisMAC.
64-bit mode
Change to 32-bit and then use as explained above for the 32-bit mode
"so you'll have to unload the drivers when using KisMAC", you mean I do have to install the Realtek app but NOT the drivers into the mini disk?, cause I didn't...
ReplyDeleteSorry but I'm not so able with this stuff... thank you!
Install the Realtek App for your 36h and use it as a secondary internet connection.
ReplyDeleteWhen using KisMAC, you'll need to UNLOAD the driver for the card, you do NOT need to uninstall the realtek app.
Do NOT use the mini disk as it will get stuck in your MBP. Download the realtek.app for your card
Hi ! I've been searching a lot and I couldn't find my answer : so I'm asking it to you !
ReplyDeleteFirst of all ... Kismac 0.3.3 / 10.6.8 / Awus036h (With NO drivers ever installed)
All is working fine but I can't inject well - I never get any responses whatsoever : (
Kismac just keep throwing away the injectable packets so I assume he's trying to inject but with no effect on IVs ;x
Do you have any idea to make it inject properly ? (I have tried many previous builds of kismac)
Thanks in advance for all the time you dedicated to this blog and your help !
Tim
Update to my previous content. The crack was successful - however I can not join the network with my airport card (I don't even see the network !).
ReplyDeletePotential problems
- Distance (solved because I installed the drivers of the Awus036h on a Windows and I can't see the specific network, I even tried to join it using it's name)
- MAC filtering, even using spoof I can not join the network
Do you have any idea ; ) ?
Thank you very much !
Tim, no seeing what you see is kinda hard to make an educated guess. Plus, if something can go wrong it will ;-)
ReplyDeleteMAC filter: how can you be sure that your spoofed MAC is correct? did you copy a connected one?
Is there any traffic on the AP? I sometimes play dumb and leave my router "on" but not connected.
WIPS router?
"I can't see the specific network"
Can you or can't you?
Drivers: you can install them if you have Kali.app
Kiscmac 0.3.3 os x 10.6.8
ReplyDeleteHi, really enjoyed your blog ! It's really usefully but I m stuck when I have to pick up a "wep "networks, I just can find " no " ones...and all of then have a few packets but 0 unique iv...
Also my MAC got really slowly when i start scan , Is that normal? Hope I m clear, and thanks a lot for your time.
Pedro