Convert HEX to ASCII or else?Your aircrack reads 01:02:03:04:05 ? Convert it and you got ???? That might be true, with
http://www.dolcevie.com/js/converter.html. If you really want to use that key, just remove ‘:’ sign, and 0102030405 will be the password. I don’t really have the exact software to suggest or propose to you and there are few reason why. Lets hear what do Aircrack community say about it ;
I often see people who cracked a WEP key and who wanted to convert it to ASCII.
My question is why do you want to convert it?
Maybe because it is easier to remember? Mmmh ... not always, especially if it's 13 random characters like this: $5@r6m2be_rEX
Maybe for network managers (command line/graphical, Linux/Windows)? No, they don't care if it's ASCII or hex. And an incomplete conversion would be unusable.
And, btw, if it was convertible, aircrack-ng would have given you the ASCII version
-MISTER_X
Source :
http://aircrack-ng.blogspot.com/2009/03 ... p-key.htmlDoes it make you clear about it ? Sounds like things here belongs to someone else network. I’ll treat it as learning purpose to let you understand how things work. I do have a Linksys router, and you will be ask to put a pass phrase to assign as your security password either WEP or WPA. Some how, the password that you make does not mean it is convertible from HEX to ASCII or vice-versa.
For your reference,
http://www.asciitable.com/, the table here show an A, give you 41 in HEX and 65 in DEC, so on. You might want to try convert things manually, but why aircrack cant do so ? Every manufacturer, they do have their very own program to keep the pass phrase, and none for someone outside know what is the real/exact configuration being used. For example, Linksys WEP keys cannot simply by taking 2 digits and get the ASCII assign to that 2 digits. They might possibly use their very own algorithm on that setup page, on 64 WEP keys, it will generate 4 different keys that can be used for the pass phrase. So this the reason why it cant be reverse engineered to ASCII properly. Other router brand also use the same principal, but of course with different mathematical formula.
If your are lucky, aircrack might give you both HEX and ASCII ;
You may refer here for basic understanding with ASCII & HEX ;
a single file can only have ascii or hexadecimal keys in it, not both.
WEP keys can be entered in hexadecimal or ascii. The following table describes how many characters of each type is required in your files.
WEP 64 = Hex 10 = Ascii 5
WEP 128 = Hex 26 = Ascii 13
WEP 152 = Hex 32 = Ascii 16
WEP 256 = Hex 58 = Ascii 29
Example 64 bit ascii key: “ABCDE”
Example 64 bit hexadecimal key: “12:34:56:78:90” (Note the ”:” between each two characters.)
Example 128 bit ascii key: “ABCDEABCDEABC”
Example 128 bit hexadecimal key: “12:34:56:78:90:12:34:56:78:90:12:34:56”
Source :
http://aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=aircrack-ngI hope my explanation helps you understand the reason why, or there might be someone else can explain you better ...
by nidekun » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:23 pm 
