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Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Re: Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Post by p4bl0 »

I always find these kind of tutorial very strange. On one hand, it is supposed to be addressed to people who would be able to make use of an offensive security portable linux install, but on the other hand, it is written for people who need to be reminded to change the default root password.

Re: Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Post by antsar »

p4bl0 wrote: post #2

I always find these kind of tutorial very strange. On one hand, it is supposed to be addressed to people who would be able to make use of an offensive security portable linux install, but on the other hand, it is written for people who need to be reminded to change the default root password.

All from a Raspberry Pi. Why?!

Re: Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Post by arbitrage »

antsar wrote: post #3
p4bl0 wrote: post #2

I always find these kind of tutorial very strange. On one hand, it is supposed to be addressed to people who would be able to make use of an offensive security portable linux install, but on the other hand, it is written for people who need to be reminded to change the default root password.

All from a Raspberry Pi. Why ?!

Because it's small? Portable? Cheap? Unobtrusive? Creative? Fun?

In short, a hack?

Re: Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Post by sithadmin »

p4bl0 wrote: post #2

I always find these kind of tutorial very strange. On one hand, it is supposed to be addressed to people who would be able to make use of an offensive security portable linux install, but on the other hand, it is written for people who need to be reminded to change the default root password.

I wouldn't say it's really that strange. LifeHacker content is geared at the casual tinkerer and hobbyist that knows a thing or two about electronics and/or IT, but may not have much formal exposure to the subject matter being discussed. On balance, it's probably better to include a few words about ideal security practices.

Re: Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Post by lol768 »

Seems like a neat use for the Pi. I'd be interested to know if its CPU is powerful enough to say, crack a WEP password, in a reasonable amount of time.

Also interesting is the WiFi card the article recommends. This GitHub thread https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/369 suggests that monitor mode doesn't work with the default driver for this card provided in the kernel that's used in Raspbian etc. Does the image provided by Offensive Security use a different kernel?

Re: Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Post by TeMPOraL »

mrweasel wrote: post #4

Could we please NOT shorten Raspberry Pi to RasPi? It breaks searches and looks childish. You wouldn't short Hacker News to HacNe, so don't shorten Raspberry Pi

Long too late for that. Everyone uses it in speech already, "Raspberry" is too unwieldy a word. Hell, you've even got (the most popular) operating system called "Raspbian".

Re: Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Post by comrh »

lol768 wrote: post #7

Seems like a neat use for the Pi. I'd be interested to know if its CPU is powerful enough to say, crack a WEP password, in a reasonable amount of time. Also interesting is the WiFi card the article recommends. This GitHub thread https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/369 suggests that monitor mode doesn't work with the default driver for this card provided in the kernel that's used in Raspbian etc. Does the imag…

I've cracked WEP on the first version on a Raspberry Pi very quickly (~5 minutes).

Re: Portable Hacking with a RasPi and Kali Linux

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Post by sithadmin »

antsar wrote: post #3
p4bl0 wrote: post #2

I always find these kind of tutorial very strange. On one hand, it is supposed to be addressed to people who would be able to make use of an offensive security portable linux install, but on the other hand, it is written for people who need to be reminded to change the default root password.

All from a Raspberry Pi. Why ?!

Because it's the sort of thing you can tape to the underside of a desk, or slip into a ceiling plenum without it getting noticed very quickly?
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