Before we speak about this tool, a bit of information about what it cracks. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was introduced as part of the original IEEE 802.11, to provide confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a security protocol created by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks. It implements the IEEE 802.11i standard. So, we are talking about two protocols that have been created to secure wireless networks.
Back to Wifite that has been designed specially for the Backtrack4 RC1 distribution of Ubuntu. It helps you to attack multiple WEP and WPA encrypted networks at the same time. This tool is customizable and can be automated with only a few arguments. This is a Python script can be trusted to run without supervision.
Features of Wifite:
- Sorts targets by power (in dB); cracks closest access points first
- All WPA handshakes are backed up (to wifite.py’s working directory)
- Mid-attack options: stop during attack with Ctrl+C to use (continue, move onto next target, skip to cracking, exit)
- Numerous filters to specify exactly what to attack (wep/wpa/both, above certain signal strengths, channels, etc)
- Very customizable settings (timeouts, packets/sec, etc)
- SKA support (untested)
- Finds devices in monitor mode; if none are found, prompts for selection
- All passwords saved to log.txt
- Switching WEP attacks does not reset IVS
- Displays session summary at exit; shows any cracked keys
Before we speak about this tool, a bit of information about what it cracks. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was introduced as part of the original IEEE 802.11, to provide confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a security protocol created by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks. It implements the IEEE 802.11i standard. So, we are talking about two protocols that have been created to secure wireless networks.
Back to Wifite that has been designed specially for the Backtrack4 RC1 distribution of Ubuntu. It helps you to attack multiple WEP and WPA encrypted networks at the same time. This tool is customizable and can be automated with only a few arguments. This is a Python script can be trusted to run without supervision.
Features of Wifite:
- Sorts targets by power (in dB); cracks closest access points first
- All WPA handshakes are backed up (to wifite.py’s working directory)
- Mid-attack options: stop during attack with Ctrl+C to use (continue, move onto next target, skip to cracking, exit)
- Numerous filters to specify exactly what to attack (wep/wpa/both, above certain signal strengths, channels, etc)
- Very customizable settings (timeouts, packets/sec, etc)
- SKA support (untested)
- Finds devices in monitor mode; if none are found, prompts for selection
- All passwords saved to log.txt
- Switching WEP attacks does not reset IVS
- Displays session summary at exit; shows any cracked keys
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