Preface

This book demonstrates how to perform a successful wireless assessment utilizing a selection of open source tools. Readers, from beginners to seasoned professionals, will gain an understanding of the tools and techniques used to discover, crack, and exploit wireless networks as well as learn how to extract sensitive information from the wireless traffic and the clients themselves. Wireless networks are nearly always in scope as part of a comprehensive security assessment and require special consideration and a different skill set than other aspects of the assessment. You will learn the language and technologies that differentiate 802.11 networks and be introduced to the specialized applications used to test them. This book is built around gaining hands-on experience with Kali Linux, and each chapter contains many step-by-step examples on the use and mastery of the wireless assessment tools included with this distribution.