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Aragorn · 30-10-2009, 10:37

I doubt it - for unecrypted traffic they were using simple packet sniffing. For the SSL encrypted stuff they were stealling the session keys, I think. They probably didn't get the GMail password but didn't need it once the session had been owned.

30-10-2009, 10:37	#12
Aragorn Inactive Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Minas Tirith, Gondor Age: 60 Posts: 3,458	Re: Wi Fi Hacking & VPN (Watchdog) I doubt it - for unecrypted traffic they were using simple packet sniffing. For the SSL encrypted stuff they were stealling the session keys, I think. They probably didn't get the GMail password but didn't need it once the session had been owned.