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6. WPA and WPA2 Cracking

Both, WPA and WPA2 can be cracked using the same methods. They are made ti adress the issues in WEP and made much more secure. Each packet is encrypted using a unique tempoary key.

  • Packets contain no useful information

WPA and WPA2 Cracking

ARP Request Replay

  • WPS is a feature taht can be used with WPA and WPA2.
  • Allows clients to connect without the password
  • Authentication is done using a 8 digit pin
    • 8 Digits are very small
    • We can try all possible pins in relatively short time
    • Then the WPS pin can be used to compute the actual password.

PS: This only works if the router is configured not to use PBC (Push Button Authentication)

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