Aircrack‑ng
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Aircrack‑ng is an open-source suite of tools used for auditing and cracking Wi‑Fi network security, including WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption.
All labels observed (15)
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wi-Fi security auditing tool
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network security tool ⓘ open-source software ⓘ software suite ⓘ |
| canCrackEncryption |
Wired Equivalent Privacy
ⓘ
surface form:
WEP
WPA ⓘ WPA2-PSK ⓘ |
| category |
penetration testing framework
ⓘ
security software ⓘ wireless security software ⓘ |
| component |
Aircrack‑ng
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
airbase-ng (wireless attack tool)
Aircrack‑ng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
aircrack-ng (key cracking tool)
Aircrack‑ng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
airdecap-ng (WEP/WPA decryption tool)
airdriver-ng (driver management tool, deprecated in some distros) ⓘ Aircrack‑ng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
aireplay-ng (packet injection tool)
Aircrack‑ng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
airmon-ng (monitor mode management tool)
airmon-zc (newer monitor mode script) ⓘ Aircrack‑ng self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
airodump-ng (packet capture tool)
airserv-ng (remote capture daemon) ⓘ ivstools (IV file tools) ⓘ packetforge-ng (packet creation tool) ⓘ |
| documentation | https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php ⓘ |
| homepage | https://www.aircrack-ng.org/ ⓘ |
| intendedUse |
Wi-Fi security auditing
ⓘ
penetration testing ⓘ security research ⓘ |
| license | GPL-2.0-or-later ⓘ |
| notableDistribution |
Kali Linux
ⓘ
Kali Linux ⓘ
surface form:
Parrot Security OS
|
| primaryDomain |
Wi-Fi security
ⓘ
wireless network penetration testing ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
C
ⓘ
C++ ⓘ |
| relatedProject |
Hashcat
ⓘ
Kismet ⓘ Reaver (WPS attack tool) ⓘ Wireshark ⓘ |
| requiresHardware |
wireless network interface card supporting monitor mode
ⓘ
wireless network interface card supporting packet injection ⓘ |
| requiresPermission | administrative privileges on host system ⓘ |
| securityModel | offensive security testing ⓘ |
| softwareType | wireless network security suite ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://github.com/aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng ⓘ |
| supportsAttackType |
ARP replay attack
ⓘ
FMS attack on WEP ⓘ PTW attack on WEP ⓘ brute-force attack ⓘ deauthentication attack ⓘ dictionary attack ⓘ statistical attack on WEP ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
GPU acceleration via external tools
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Korek attacks ⓘ PMKID capture ⓘ WEP key recovery ⓘ WPA/WPA2 PSK cracking using wordlists ⓘ WPA/WPA2 handshake cracking ⓘ chopchop attack ⓘ fake authentication ⓘ fragmentation attacks ⓘ handshake capture ⓘ monitor mode capture ⓘ packet injection ⓘ traffic capture and analysis ⓘ wireless network discovery ⓘ |
| supportsFileFormat |
.cap (pcap capture files)
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.hccapx (via conversion tools) ⓘ .ivs (IVS capture files) ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage | English (documentation) ⓘ |
| supportsOperatingSystem |
Android (via ports)
ⓘ
FreeBSD ⓘ
surface form:
BSD
Linux ⓘ Solaris operating system ⓘ
surface form:
Solaris
Windows ⓘ macOS ⓘ |
| supportsPlatform | command-line interface ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol |
EAPOL (for handshake capture)
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WEP ⓘ WPA-PSK ⓘ WPA2-PSK ⓘ |
| supportsStandard | IEEE 802.11 ⓘ |
| supportsUseCase |
auditing enterprise and home Wi-Fi networks
ⓘ
capturing WPA/WPA2 4-way handshakes ⓘ testing strength of Wi-Fi passwords ⓘ |
| writtenFor |
network administrators
ⓘ
penetration testers ⓘ security professionals ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
aircrack-ng (key cracking tool)
subject surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
airmon-ng (monitor mode management tool)
subject surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
airodump-ng (packet capture tool)
subject surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
aireplay-ng (packet injection tool)
subject surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
airbase-ng (wireless attack tool)
subject surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
airdecap-ng (WEP/WPA decryption tool)
this entity surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
wifite
subject surface form:
airserv-ng
this entity surface form:
Aircrack-ng suite
subject surface form:
airserv-ng
this entity surface form:
airodump-ng
subject surface form:
airserv-ng
this entity surface form:
aireplay-ng
subject surface form:
airserv-ng
this entity surface form:
Aircrack-ng project
subject surface form:
ivstools
this entity surface form:
Aircrack-ng suite
subject surface form:
ivstools
this entity surface form:
aircrack-ng
subject surface form:
ivstools
this entity surface form:
Aircrack-ng project
this entity surface form:
aircrack‑ng
subject surface form:
airmon-zc
this entity surface form:
Aircrack-ng suite
subject surface form:
airmon-zc
this entity surface form:
Aircrack-ng project