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Aircrack-ng vs reaver

A side-by-side look at Aircrack-ng and reaver. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Aircrack-ng

Aircrack-ng

Security & Privacy

Aircrack-ng is an open source network software suite used for assessing Wi-Fi network security. It allows auditing Wi-Fi networks, cracking WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK keys, and more.

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reaver

reaver

Security & Privacy

Reaver is an open source tool for exploiting weaknesses in Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) registrar PINs in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases. It is designed to brute force the WPS PIN and revert the access point's settings back to factory defaults.

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