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RE: [ok] Wireless pentesting requirements

From: Curt Purdy (purdytecman.com)
Date: Tue Jun 08 2004 - 11:30:02 CDT


mak_penhotmail.com wrote:
> In an attempt to investigate the wlan in terms of
> pen-testing, i am wondering what is the best antenna one
> would need and the best (in terms of wireless pen testing
> needs) wireless card around? Thanks everyone

My preference as a relatively mobile antenna is a yagi as it is light and
has good directional reach. For wi-fi card, I like the Orinoco gold, b g a
and "fast a" so you can cover the whole spectrum.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
Information Security Engineer
DP Solutions

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