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Kali Linux Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux Cookbook When you know what hackers know, you're better able to protect your online information. With this book you'll learn just what Kali Linux is capable of and get the chance to use a host of recipes.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783289592
Length 260 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Up and Running with Kali Linux FREE CHAPTER 2. Customizing Kali Linux 3. Advanced Testing Lab 4. Information Gathering 5. Vulnerability Assessment 6. Exploiting Vulnerabilities 7. Escalating Privileges 8. Password Attacks 9. Wireless Attacks Index

Automating wireless network cracking


In this recipe we will use Gerix to automate a wireless network attack. Gerix is an automated GUI for AirCrack. Gerix comes installed by default on Kali Linux and will speed up your wireless network cracking efforts.

Getting ready

A supported wireless card configured for packet injection will be required to complete this recipe. In the case of a wireless card, packet injection involves sending a packet, or injecting it, onto an already established connection between two parties.

How to do it...

Let's begin the process of performing an automated wireless network crack with Gerix by downloading it.

  1. Using wget, navigate to the following website to download Gerix.

    wget https://bitbucket.org/Skin36/gerix-wifi-cracker-pyqt4/downloads/gerix-wifi-cracker-master.rar
    
  2. Once the file has been downloaded, we now need to extract the data from the RAR file.

    unrar x gerix-wifi-cracker-master.rar
    
  3. Now, to keep things consistent, let's move the Gerix folder to the /usr/share...

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