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kleptophobiac

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From: Sunnyvale, CA

Registered: 2004-04-25

Posts: 488

[new] weplab

This is a WEP key cracker that uses more advanced algorithms than airsnort. The build was a walk in the park:

# weplab - WEP cracking software
# Package by kleptophobiac@gmail.com

pkgname=weplab
pkgver=0.1.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="A WEP encryption cracker"
url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/weplab"
depends=('wireless_tools')
makedepends=()
conflicts=()
replaces=()
backup=()
source=("http://dl.sourceforge.net/$pkgname/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz")
md5sums=('a3c142ed28836c452d4378b3636012a3')

build() {
  cd $startdir/src/$pkgname-$pkgver
  ./configure --prefix=/usr
  make || return 1
  make DESTDIR=$startdir/pkg install
}

dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

Registered: 2003-05-27

Posts: 3,378

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Re: [new] weplab

is this tool legal?

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kleptophobiac

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From: Sunnyvale, CA

Registered: 2004-04-25

Posts: 488

Re: [new] weplab

I don't think you can make algorithms illegal in the states.... and not everyone is subject to the united states law.

dp

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From: Zürich, Switzerland

Registered: 2003-05-27

Posts: 3,378

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Re: [new] weplab

I don't think you can make algorithms illegal in the states.... and not everyone is subject to the united states law.

my question was more general nature ... i have no idea, how the situation here in switzerland is, but keys exist to be unknown by 3rd parties

i'll have a look at the laws here, just to know the situation now

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phrakture

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From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: [new] weplab

is this tool legal?

it's the same principal as DeCSS and the DRM cracking stuff.... just having the tool is fine and dandy... using it to commit a crime is not... blocking the tool that can (and does) have legitimate uses (security) is illegal, as is using it for a non-legitimate use... also, if I own a router I am legally allowed to use a tool to break into it (it's my property, I can burn it in the oven if I wanted to).

Hell, my bar to take the lugnuts off my car tires has legitimate uses, but if I beat someone to death with it, no one is going to blame the guy who made the tire iron.... they'd blame me... same with guns... no one sues Smith and Wesson because they're son/daughter got shot...

Big difference behind making/providing a tool and actually using it for "evil"

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