Aircrack Essentials Flashcards

(20 cards)

1
Q

What is Aircrack-ng used for?

A

It is a suite of tools for assessing Wi-Fi security, performing attacks, testing, and cracking wireless networks.

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What are the four main functions of Aircrack-ng?

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Monitoring, Attacking, Testing, and Cracking.

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What does Monitoring in Aircrack-ng involve?

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Capturing packets and exporting data for further analysis by third-party tools.

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What is the purpose of Attacking in Aircrack-ng?

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Performing replay attacks, deauthentication, and creating fake access points through packet injection.

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What does Testing refer to in Aircrack-ng?

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Checking Wi-Fi cards and driver capabilities for capturing and injecting packets.

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What does Cracking mean in the Aircrack-ng context?

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Cracking WEP and WPA pre-shared keys using captured handshakes or PMKIDs.

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What is Airmon-ng used for?

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Enabling or disabling monitor mode on wireless interfaces.

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What is Airodump-ng used for?

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Capturing raw 802.11 frames and gathering information about access points and clients.

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What is Airgraph-ng used for?

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Creating graphical representations of wireless networks using CSV files from Airodump-ng.

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What is Aireplay-ng used for?

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Generating wireless traffic for attacks like replay or deauthentication.

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What is Airdecap-ng used for?

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Decrypting WEP, WPA PSK, or WPA2 PSK capture files.

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What is Aircrack-ng’s cracking capability?

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Cracking WEP, WPA1, and WPA2 networks using pre-shared keys or PMKIDs.

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What kind of encryption can Airdecap-ng decrypt?

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WEP, WPA, and WPA2.

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What are replay attacks?

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Re-sending captured packets to simulate real clients and exploit vulnerabilities.

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What does packet injection allow?

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Forcing new traffic into the network for testing or attacks.

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16
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What is a fake AP?

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A rogue access point used to trick clients into connecting for credential capture.

17
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Which Aircrack-ng tool is used for visual analysis?

18
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What does Aircrack-ng test before cracking?

A

Wi-Fi card and driver compatibility for capture/injection.

19
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Which tool decrypts capture files?

20
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Which tool cracks pre-shared keys?