> On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 00:58:32 +0000 <marcus9...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Celejar <celejar <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:02:48 +0100 > > Brian <ad44 <at> cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > On Mon 17 Oct 2011 at 15:22:57 -0400, Celejar wrote: > > > > > > > aircrack-ng has been removed from Debian, and part of the justification > > > > for the request for removal is that "Better alternatives exist.": > > > > > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=642934 > > > > > > The reason for its removal appears to be a licensing issue. > > > > > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=588588 > > > > > > If I read the report correctly, it has been resolved and aircrack-ng is > > > elegible for inclusion in Debian. > > > > Interesting, but the report I linked to also mentions that it's not > > being maintained and that better alternatives exist. > > > > Celejar > > I too am trying to find an alternative to this software suite. > Nothing I can find even comes close. > Pyrit as was suggested is only a component and IIRC can be included as a > component in the later versions of the aircrack-ng suite. > > I find this software invaluable in pointing out wireless vulnerabilities. > It really helps credibility when you can easily demonstrate the problem. > > I usually use Debian sid on my in field laptop and this package removal, > assuming the licensing issues are resolved, makes little sense to me. > > It would appeared to be maintained at least upstream. > http://www.aircrack-ng.org > > I can compile it from source there are nightly builds and an svn, but seeing > the > depth of Debian repositories reduced by the removal of this software is > disappointing. >
I absolutely agree. I have been forced to use the checkinstall package to allow apt to track the installation from make install of the upstream sources. -M
