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Pyrit vs reaver

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

Pyrit

Pyrit

Security & Privacy

Pyrit is an open source WPA pre-shared key cracking tool that allows testing the security of WiFi networks. It runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows and supports GPU acceleration.

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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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