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Re:BackTrack successor Kali Linux launched by EthanHeilman on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @10:45AM (#5368735)
It was my understanding that you often need kernel patches to sniff traffic over ethernet or wifi. Backtrack solves this problem by having a custom kernel such that if you buy laptop with chipset A you can sniff traffic without serious work.

My knowledge on this stuff is a little old, is this not the case anymore?

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Re:BackTrack successor Kali Linux launched by q3k on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @11:22AM (#5369069)
Not really much of a problem with the chipsets that I used (ralink ones) - the stock kernel drivers work fine. But I do remember that there used to be some problems with that.

The fact that I use a distro which allows me to painlessly integrate a custom kernel into my system also helps - any sane patches could have been applied without any problem.

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Re:BackTrack successor Kali Linux launched by shocks on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @10:53AM (#5368823)
It depends on your WiFi card. Most Intel cards are pretty much plug and play in terms of packet injection and wireless cracking, but some strange WiFi cards can be hard to get working.
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