Aircrack-ng
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Aircrack-ng is a network detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA cracker and analysis tool for 802.11 wireless LANs. It works with any wireless card whose driver supports raw monitoring mode (for a list, visit the website of the project or [1]) and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g traffic.
Aircrack-ng is a fork of the original Aircrack project.
Features
Aircrack-ng has separate parts :
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| aircrack-ng | Cracks WEP and WPA keys. |
| airdecap-ng | Decrypts WEP or WPA encrypted capture files with known key. |
| airmon-ng | Placing different cards in monitor mode. |
| aireplay-ng | Packet injection. |
| airodump-ng | Places air traffic into .cap file and shows information on networks. |
| airtun-ng | Virtual tunnel interface creator. |
| airolib-ng | Stores and manages ESSID and password lists; Increases the KPS of WPA attacks |
| Tools | Tools to merge and convert. |
Tutorials
- Miscellaneous tutorials via the project's site
- Cracking WEP using Aircrack-ng
