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Mastering Kali Linux Wireless Pentesting

You're reading from   Mastering Kali Linux Wireless Pentesting Test your wireless network's security and master advanced wireless penetration techniques using Kali Linux

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785285561
Length 310 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jilumudi Raghu Ram Jilumudi Raghu Ram
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Brian Sak Brian Sak
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Preface 1. Wireless Penetration Testing Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 2. Wireless Network Scanning 3. Exploiting Wireless Devices 4. Wireless Cracking 5. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks 6. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Using Evil Twin Access Points 7. Advanced Wireless Sniffing 8. Denial of Service Attacks 9. Wireless Pentesting from Non-Traditional Platforms Index

Cracking WPA

With the failure of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), a stopgap measure was introduced to enhance the security of these wireless networks without requiring a hardware replacement for systems currently using WEP. WPA could be implemented on these networks with a simple software and/or firmware upgrade to the existing infrastructure. WPA2, discussed later in this chapter, requires a hardware component as well. It is possible to run WPA on devices that support WPA2; however, the opposite is not always true.

WPA comes in two flavors, which are:

  • WPA Personal
  • WPA Enterprise

WPA Personal

WPA Personal, also called WPA Pre Shared Key (PSK), is the most common authentication method used on wireless networks today. It is the standard for residential implementations and SMBs have also found it easy to implement. The other flavor, known as WPA Enterprise, requires a RADIUS server on the network to authenticate the clients. Residential and small business tend to use WPA PSK, in part because...

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