Mister Disagree

HACKING THE WIRELESS NETWORK


Tools: Backtrack 2 software
Victim: Wireless AP

Backtrack

BackTrack is a Linux distribution distributed as a Live CD which is used for penetration testing. It allows the user to include customizable scripts, additional tools and configurable kernels in personalized distributions.

Step 1: Download backtrack 2

Step 2: Installing Backtrack

Step 3: Starting backtrack

1. Start the virtual machine
2. Partition and mount the hard drive
The virtual SCSI hard drive in VMware is usually /dev/sda. We need to partition this drive and create a filesystem on which Backtrack 2 can be installed.
We will use fdisk to create 2 partitions - one for the filesystem and one for swap space.
fdisk /dev/sda
Enter each line below into fdisk’s prompt:

n
p
1

+7168M
n
p
2


W

* This will create a 7GB partition for the filesystem and a 1GB swap space. If you want more space on the filesystem (or if you made your virtual disk larger than 8GB), you can change +7168M to another number (in megabytes).

3. Create an ext3 filesystem on the first partition:
mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1
4. Create swap space on the other:
mkswap /dev/sda2
5. Mount the drive:
mkdir /mnt/backtrack
mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/backtrack

6. Run startx to boot up KDE

7. Use the Backtrack installer
Start > System > Backtrack Installer
Leave the source blank
Install backtrack to: /mnt/backtrack
Write MBR to: /dev/sda
Select Real (2700 MB required) for the installation method
Click install. It could take awhile or hang at certain parts (seems to hang for awhile at 81% on my machine).