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Aircrack-ng
Wireless · Advanced
A suite for assessing Wi-Fi networks you own or are explicitly allowed to test. It can capture handshakes and evaluate whether the wireless protection is weak.
It is for the wireless network you administer. Capturing or attacking a neighbor's network is not a learning exercise. The useful outcome is stronger wireless settings.
Example: A lab access point is tested to confirm that an obsolete protection mode is rejected and a modern mode is required.
Git in the Zone explains security tools and attack terminology so you can recognize them and defend against them. Practice only on systems you own or have written permission to test. Nothing on this site runs a command or an exploit.
What it is for
Evaluate the protection of a wireless network you own or may test.
Authorized use: Test only wireless networks you own or have written permission to assess. Git in the Zone does not describe how to capture or crack a network.
Operating systems: Linux is the usual platform. Some components have been ported elsewhere.
Language you will see
- handshake
- monitor mode
- wireless protection
How to read the options
- Monitor mode: A wireless interface mode that can observe radio frames. Using it still requires a network you are allowed to assess.
- Protection mode: The wireless security method in use. Obsolete modes should be retired.
Common misconception
- Wireless assessment tools are not a license to test networks that merely happen to be in radio range.