the other side of wireless security

Jason L Tibbitts III tibbs at math.uh.edu
Mon Oct 8 14:49:46 UTC 2007


>>>>> "AK" == Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> writes:

AK> The new Ubuntu (7.10) [...] includes the program aircrack, whose
AK> only purpose is to crack the WEP encryption of wireless
AK> connections in the neighborhood. Will f8 be as accommodating, that
AK> is,include hacking tools in the distribution.

Hacking tools are things like editors and compilers.  Network security
tools such as aircrack, however, will certainly be accepted into the
distribution if they are free software and someone submits them.

I believe there are several network security tools in the review queue
at the moment.

 - J<




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