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SILICA is getting updated today, and I'll say the primary feature I
like about it is the new smart upload feature to STALKER. It's easy
to forget when you have an Ethernet connection to fast Internet that
the majority of time you are doing wireless assessments you are
going to be in a hotel room in Timbuktu, Michigan, wishing the guy
next door would stop with his porn so you could upload your PCAP to
STALKER at > 1KB/s.<br>
<br>
So now SILICA splits the files up, and sends them intelligently with
resuming, and a progress bar, and so even if your new next door
friend monopolizes the wireless all night you can trickle your data
up to the server and it will be there by the morning. <br>
<br>
One other thing that's awesome about SILICA is we took the time to
make our wireless driver work in a VM. I know it's not well known,
but previous to this, there really aren't any USB wireless drivers
that can work in VMWare reliably. There's a lot of hard-coded
timeouts in USB wireless drivers, and when you're doing WEP
injection for example, the VMWare stack is going to occasionally
delay USB responses, and then you'll hit that timeout and Linux will
think your card is dead, and eject it. <br>
<br>
So we had to comb through and fix all that. So SILICA works great in
a VM now. <br>
<br>
And in conclusion, the new SILICA is awesome, and it's 2500 bucks,
and you should buy it. Hooray! :><br>
<br>
Also, you can read <a
href="http://infosecisland.com/blogview/22587-The-EFF-is-Losing-Its-Way-on-Internet-Freedom.html">this</a>,
which has less to do about wireless hacking than you'd think. <br>
<br>
-dave<br>
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