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aircrack-ng

Crack WEP and WPA/WPA2 keys from handshake in captured packets. Part of Aircrack-ng network software suite. More information: https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=aircrack-ng.

  • Crack key from capture file using wordlist:

aircrack-ng -w path/to/wordlist.txt path/to/capture.cap

  • Crack key from capture file using wordlist and the access point’s essid:

aircrack-ng -w path/to/wordlist.txt -e essid path/to/capture.cap

  • Crack key from capture file using wordlist and the access point’s MAC address:

aircrack-ng -w path/to/wordlist.txt --bssid mac path/to/capture.cap

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