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Nikto vs reaver

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

Nikto

Nikto

Security & Privacy

Nikto is an open source web server scanner that performs comprehensive tests against web servers to look for insecure configurations and vulnerabilities. It is intended to be easy to use and provide security professionals both novice and expert with a quality web vulnerability scanner.

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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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