Wireless testing tools
Kali Linux comes prepackaged with a number of both command line and GUI-based tools. These tools can be leveraged to convert our network interface into a network monitor, capture traffic and reverse the authentication passcode. The first of these tools, Aircrack-ng is a suite of tools. In addition, we will examine some other tools, both command line and GUI, that cover the full spectrum of tasks involved in wireless penetration testing.
Aircrack-ng
Aircrack-ng is a suite of tools that allow penetration testers to test the security of wireless networks. The suite includes tools that perform the following tasks related to wireless penetration testing:
- Monitoring: These are tools designed specifically to capture traffic for later analysis. We will see in greater depth the ability of the Aircrack-ng tools to capture wireless traffic that we can use other third-party software such as Wireshark to examine.
- Attacking: These tools are available to attack target networks. They...