Whatever happened with our proposal to mentor a student for the Google summer of code?
Did Google ever reply?
-------------------- Patrick Kelley 623.332.0290 http://www.ASUrobot.com/ Computer Systems Engineer Arizona State University
I've put in a notice of interest to google. They said they will review our project and get back to us.
Geoff On Apr 16, 2006, at 10:27 PM, themacuser wrote:
> Sorry, I've missed all this (haven't been on the net for a few > days, down at a holiday house). > > Sounds like fun. What I think: > Idea 1: Good idea. Definitely do this. > Idea 2: Interesting... but probably not entirely needed. > Idea 3: Cool. > Idea 4: NO WAY. Detect the default from the SSID/Channel/ > Encryption. Don't make it connect for the user. > Idea 5: Interesting, but don't want to make it skript kiddie heaven... > Idea 6: Could be done... > Idea 7: Hmmm. Bit too illegal. Why not just use ettercap? > Idea 8: There are already programs to do this. > Idea 9: This can sort-of already be done. Sort-of. Try the "beacon > flooding" option. I'll work on making it actually usable. If you > turn down the interval (with my advanced prefs) patch, it can be done. > > interesting ideas though. Summer of Code sounds good. > > Getting money thrown around a project like this, there is the issue > of who gets it though, and for what purpose... that could be > interesting. > > On 17/04/2006, at 11:54 AM, Geoffrey Kruse wrote: > >> There is a patch on track for setting color based on crack >> probability. It would be pretty easy to adapt. I do however >> agree that kismac should not log in, leave that to the user. >> >> >> Geoff >> On Apr 16, 2006, at 8:16 PM, gmail wrote: >> >>> Perhaps, although cruising around town with him, we saw a LOT of >>> routers on the default channel/SSID/etc, but none of them we >>> tried had the default password. There were two it flagged a >>> different color (yellow, if I recall), that I was able to log >>> into perfectly on my powerbook. >>> >>> I need to email him, my mind's all confused now. >>> >>> -Adem >>> >>> On Apr 16, 2006, at 8:38 PM, Kevin Bringard wrote: >>> >>>> I think it just flags them differently if it meets a certain set of >>>> "default" criteria, like, the BSSID is "linksys" and the channel is >>>> "6" and the IP range is 192.168.1.x. >>>> >>>> As far as I know (and I have not used Kismet in some time) it >>>> doesn't >>>> actually log into the router and let you know if its using a >>>> default >>>> password >>>> >>>> Hope this helps.. >>>> >>>> -- Kevin >>>> >>>> On 4/16/06, gmail <theholymacintosh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> Huh. I could have sworn that on my bud's linux setup, kismet >>>>> listed routers >>>>> with a full default setup showed up differently. But now that >>>>> I think about >>>>> it, I have no idea how, since you're absolutely correct. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Apr 16, 2006, at 8:02 PM, Barry Woods wrote: >>>>> No. Kismet isn't a cient manager, it just listens. You can't >>>>> connect while >>>>> in rfmon. >>>>> >>>>> On 4/16/06, gmail < theholymacintosh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Doesn't kismet already do this (idea #4)? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 16, 2006, at 6:24 PM, Barry Woods wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hahahahahahaha! Okay, I just don't want anybody to get into >>>>>> trouble. :) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 4/16/06, Patrick Kelley <opticrealm@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I said that some of the ideas were crazy. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I call it, "brain-storming." >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In photography, sometimes you have to take a lot of pictures >>>>>>> to get a >>>>> few good ones. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In brain-storming, you have to think up a lot of ieas to get >>>>>>> a few good >>>>> ones. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyways, if you implemented idea 6, then kismac would change >>>>>>> your MAC >>>>> address, making Idea 4 somewhat untraceable! (untraceable = no >>>>> prison >>>>> time!!!) (Just kidding...) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 4/16/06, Barry Woods < barry99705@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Uhh, I think I'd like to stay out of prison, thank you very >>>>>>>> much. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 4/15/06, Patrick Kelley < opticrealm@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Here are some Google Summer of Code Ideas. They get >>>>>>>>> crazier further >>>>> down the list... >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Idea 4) - If encryption was disabled, Kismac would >>>>>>>>> automatically try >>>>> to login to the wireless router using the manufacturers' >>>>> default password. >>>>> If it worked, a different color would be displayed in the map >>>>> view. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 4/15/06, Geoffrey Kruse < gkruse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'll look into it :) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Geoff >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Apr 15, 2006, at 12:56 PM, Patrick Kelley wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Is the Kismac project planning to put in a proposal to be >>>>>>>>>> a mentor >>>>> for the Google Summer of Code 2006? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://code.google.com/soc/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -------------------- >>>>>>>>>> Patrick Kelley >>>>>>>>>> 623.332.0290 >>>>>>>>>> http://web.mac.com/opticrealm/iWeb/ >>>>>>>>>> Computer Systems Eng. (Undergrad.) >>>>>>>>>> Arizona State University >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -------------------- >>>>>>>> Patrick Kelley >>>>>>>> 623.332.0290 >>>>>>>> http://web.mac.com/opticrealm/iWeb/ >>>>>>>> Computer Systems Eng. (Undergrad.) >>>>>>>> Arizona State University >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -------------------- >>>>>>> Patrick Kelley >>>>>>> 623.332.0290 >>>>>>> http://web.mac.com/opticrealm/iWeb/ >>>>>>> Computer Systems Eng. (Undergrad.) >>>>>>> Arizona State University >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
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