aircrack-ng is a complete suite of tools to assess WiFi network security.
All tools are command line which allows for heavy scripting. Many GUIs take advantage of this feature.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Monitoring: Packet capture and export of data to text files for further processing by third party tools.
- Attacking: Replay attacks, deauthentication, fake access points and others via packet injection.
- Testing: Checking WiFi cards and driver capabilities (capture and injection).
- Cracking: WEP and WPA PSK (WPA 1 and 2).
Website: aircrack-ng.org
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer:
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
aircrack-ng is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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