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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] wpa decryption and ":" in passphrase

From: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 18:55:29 +0000 (UTC)
Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@...> writes:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> I want to use Decrypt 802.11 of wireshark, but my passphrase contains ":". So
> wireshark fails to parse correctly my passphrase.
> 
> After looking at
> http://wiki.wireshark.org/HowToDecrypt802.11?highlight=%28CategoryHowTo%29, I
> wonder if there is an escape sequence for ":".
> 
> If not, is there some tools to generate pre-share key form passphrase and ssid,
> or other informations are needed.
Ok, I manage to get the preshare key from wpa_supplicant debug data.

I hope next versions, will handle the ":" in the passphrase.


Matthieu