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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Wi-Fi security auditing tool
network security tool
open-source software
software suite
canCrackEncryption WEP
WPA
WPA2-PSK
category penetration testing framework
security software
wireless security software
component airbase-ng (wireless attack tool)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng

aircrack-ng (key cracking tool)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng

airdecap-ng (WEP/WPA decryption tool)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng

airdriver-ng (driver management tool, deprecated in some distros)
aireplay-ng (packet injection tool)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng

airmon-ng (monitor mode management tool)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng

airmon-zc (newer monitor mode script)
airodump-ng (packet capture tool)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng

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
Parrot Security OS
linked to: Kali Linux
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
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)
.hccapx (via conversion tools)
.ivs (IVS capture files)
supportsLanguage English (documentation)
supportsOperatingSystem Android (via ports)
BSD
linked to: FreeBSD

Linux
Solaris
Windows
macOS
supportsPlatform command-line interface
supportsProtocol EAPOL (for handshake capture)
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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Aircrack-ng component aircrack-ng (key cracking tool)
subject linked to: Aircrack‑ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack-ng component airmon-ng (monitor mode management tool)
subject linked to: Aircrack‑ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack-ng component airodump-ng (packet capture tool)
subject linked to: Aircrack‑ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack-ng component aireplay-ng (packet injection tool)
subject linked to: Aircrack‑ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack-ng component airbase-ng (wireless attack tool)
subject linked to: Aircrack‑ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Aircrack-ng component airdecap-ng (WEP/WPA decryption tool)
subject linked to: Aircrack‑ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Kali Linux includesTool Aircrack-ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Kali Linux includesTool wifite
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
airserv-ng partOf Aircrack-ng suite
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
airserv-ng usedWith airodump-ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
airserv-ng usedWith aireplay-ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
airserv-ng maintainedBy Aircrack-ng project
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
ivstools partOf Aircrack-ng suite
subject linked to: ivstools (IV file tools)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
ivstools distributedWith aircrack-ng
subject linked to: ivstools (IV file tools)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
ivstools maintainedBy Aircrack-ng project
subject linked to: ivstools (IV file tools)
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Reaver (WPS attack tool) relatedTool aircrack‑ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
airmon-zc partOf Aircrack-ng suite
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
airmon-zc maintainedBy Aircrack-ng project
linked to: Aircrack‑ng
Airgeddon dependsOn aircrack‑ng
linked to: Aircrack‑ng