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Why is this here?
by jordyhoyt 16y ago
Why is this here?
- js4all 16y agoLook at the name, its called Hacker News.
- oscardelben 16y agoit's
- Concours 16y agoYeah, Hacker News NOT Cracker News , we create stuff, we don't crack stuff.
- blasdel 16y agoCracking is something a Hacker might do. This language war was lost back when ESR started it in the 90s. Give it up.
- js4all 16y agoExactly, thanks for the clarification.
- Concours 16y agocare to elaborate the downvotes?
- mquander 16y agoI downvoted you because you are drawing a meaningless distinction. "We" crack lots of stuff. The methodology behind cracking WEP is interesting, accessible, and worth understanding. It's a perfectly appropriate topic.
- younata 16y agobecause it's an interesting question. It explains why WEP is bad to use, as opposed to the handwave of "it's easy to crack." Therefore, while it could have been better worded (perhaps "why exactly is wep bad to use?"), the question is, in my humble opinion, deserving of being asked here.
- Concours 16y agoyounata, I just read the question once again, I wish it was about why it's bad to use WEP, it is not. He clearly describes what he is doing or trying to do, and wonder why it doesn't work, he's looking for a way to make it work (crack WEP) for Evil or not Evil intention is not the point. In no way does it explain why WEP is bad to use, suer the answers may at some extend help one to understand why WEP is bad to use. A google search on "why is not good to use Wep" is very helpful.
- LaPingvino 16y agoif you read well, you see he already knows how to get it to work, using the tools he mentioned. the only thing he asks here is why and how those tools work.