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===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
- | This tutorial walks you through cracking WPA/WPA2 networks which use pre-shared keys. I recommend you do some background reading to better understand what WPA/WPA2 is. The [[http:// | + | This tutorial walks you through cracking WPA/WPA2 networks which use pre-shared keys. I recommend you do some background reading to better understand what WPA/WPA2 is. The [[http:// |
WPA/WPA2 supports many types of authentication beyond pre-shared keys. [[aircrack-ng]] can ONLY crack pre-shared keys. So make sure [[airodump-ng]] shows the network as having the authentication type of PSK, otherwise, don't bother trying to crack it. | WPA/WPA2 supports many types of authentication beyond pre-shared keys. [[aircrack-ng]] can ONLY crack pre-shared keys. So make sure [[airodump-ng]] shows the network as having the authentication type of PSK, otherwise, don't bother trying to crack it. |