[ProgSoc] how to program to try password of wireless

bangdao hu bangdao.hu at gmail.com
Sat Jan 15 21:25:12 EST 2011


Thanks Daniel, I dont think it is quite a big ethical issue. If I dont get
the password by myself, I can get one from the library anyway, It wont do
any harm to anybody.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 5:00 PM, Daniel Bryan <danbryan at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Tina Ng <rosareven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I doubt that can happen. Ethical issue aside, you don't know if the
>> password requires activation by the help desk before it is usable. In other
>> words, the passwords might not even exist in the first place until the help
>> desk starts it up.
>>
>> The help desk / technical department may also be tracking all wireless
>> connections for unauthorised access, namely connections that happened
>> without checking in with the help desk first.
>>
>> Of course, there is always a chance that your favourite library has none
>> of these safeguards implemented, but I don't think it'll worth the effort to
>> brute-force the password than simply asking for access at the help desk.
>>
>> - Tina
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 3:19 PM, bangdao hu <bangdao.hu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi, guys. Hope you all had a great time!
>>>
>>> I have been to local library very often these days, and the wireless
>>> password changes everyday and I have to ask the help desk to get the
>>> password everytime I went into the library, which is quite annoying.
>>>
>>> I found that the password is quite easy, with a fixed length of 9
>>> characters. And inside it, there always got a "library". So the password
>>> pattern is like **library, *library*, library**. Quite easy to got the 2028
>>> possible results.
>>>
>>> Now the problem is I don't know how to write a program to try the
>>> password. I bet you guys have heaps of ideas and experiences of doing this.
>>> Please help! Thanks. The OS is windows 7.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Bangdao
>>>
>>>
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>
> "Ethical issue" indeed. Surely respecting the security policy of a public
> library outweighs the minor inconvenience of having to ask for a password to
> access free internet? If it's so bothersome, get a smartphone and tether it
> for your internet access.
>



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Best regards

Bangdao
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