Re: [PATCH 02/13] gnu: Add wificurse.

[Leo Famulari]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 08:21:14PM +0000, ng0 wrote:
> * gnu/packages/suckless.scm (wificurse): New variable.

> +    (synopsis "Wifi DoS attack tool")
> +    (description
> +     "Wificurses listens for beacons sent from wireless access points
> +in the range of your wireless station.  Once received the program
> +extracts the BSSID of the AP and transmits deauthentication packets
> +using the broadcast MAC address.  This results to the disconnection
> +of all clients connected to the AP at the time of the attack.  This
> +is essencially a WiFi DoS attack tool created for educational
> +purposes only.  It works only in Linux and requires wireless card
> +drivers capable of injecting packets in wireless networks.")

I wonder if we should mention that this is against the law in many
jurisdictions?

> +    (license license:gpl3)))

The license is actually gpl3+:

http://git.2f30.org/wificurse/file/src/wificurse.c.html