Aircrack-ng is a tool package that allows you to recover passwords from 802.11 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), WPA and WPA2-PSK networks . It works in a simple way, capturing packages that circulate on the analyzed network and then carrying out conventional retrieval attacks, brute force, dictionary, etc.
Aircrack-ng includes all the necessary tools to quickly recover access to a wireless network and the time it takes can vary depending on the password and the users’ hardware potential. In any case, the process is fairly quick.
Aircrack-ng is a program directed mainly to people with extensive knowledge in computers, but it does however offer enough information to facilitate the adaptation of new users. Main Characteristics:
- It includes the airodump-ng utility to capture encrypted packages.
- It allows for dictionary, statistic and brute force attacks.
- Extensive information and available issues.
