ESSID name - bug or?

[karabaja4]

i named my network "leetprowlan!!11" and found out that BT replaces "!11" part with "out.txt" when the command in the shell is executed.

That is the "-e <ESSID>" part in aireplay-ng's fake authentication.

my client was not able to authenticate properly.

is there a way around this or is this a new method of wireless protection

[kr0m3]

if you type (at the shell prompt) !11, i am going to assume you see something about out.txt?

you are accessing your history of commands entered.
now try:
man history

and then rename your wifi network.

peace!
~k

[karabaja4]

if you type (at the shell prompt) !11, i am going to assume you see something about out.txt?

you are accessing your history of commands entered.
now try:
man history

and then rename your wifi network.

peace!
~k

yes, but if it stays that way, my guesses are that unless there is no history command, the network is uncrackable using aireplay-ng (which requires correct essid)?

[SLK001]

I believe that ESSIDs with special characters in their name should be enclosed in quotes, ie:

-e "leetprowlan!!11"

This should prevent any code execution from your history cache.

Another way around this is to use EXPORT and variables in your command, ie:

EXPORT AP=leetprowlan!!11
aireplay-ng -e $AP

This should work also.

[purehate]

slk001 is correct. essid's with special chars. needs to go in quotes

[imported_St3f@n]

Had this problem also UNSOLVED with my new Fritzbox without a variable.

Its default ESSID is "Fritz!boxblabla" and i know that special charakters like a "!" or a simple "spaces" are needing quotes.
But also with quotes, the "!" was not accepted by aireplay-ng (a space yes).
The shell reports "bash not found" or so.

I am sure i typed all correct. I have no Linux here to check out the correct error message but i am quite sure that the problem cannot be solved with the quotes marking the essid in using the "!"-character

[karabaja4]

i think the problem cannot be solved with the quotes. i think i tried this already (cannot confirm 100% yet).

but the EXPORT and variables should work.

[kr0m3]

That is the "-e <ESSID>" part in aireplay-ng's fake authentication.

...sorry, i thought that you were already encapsulating it in quotes. i should read posts more carefully, eh?
but i had also heard that weird characters caused issues, so i would be curious if this works when you give it a shot.

post results?
peace!
~k

[_JMF_]

Hi!

I think \ is what you need. Just add it before a character so that it is accepted as text and not a shell command.
In your case, try -e "leetprowlan\!\!11" (with or without quotes is ok).

Let us know if it worked!