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Kali Linux: Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Second Edition

By : Cameron Buchanan
Book Image

Kali Linux: Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Second Edition

By: Cameron Buchanan

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Disclaimer
Preface
Index

Time for action – cracking WEP with the Hirte attack


Follow these instructions to get started:

  1. Create a WEP access point exactly as in the Caffe Latte attack using the airbase-ng tool. The only additional option is the -N option instead of the -L option to launch the Hirte attack:

  2. Start airodump-ng in a separate window to capture packets for the Wireless Lab Honeypot:

  3. Now, airodump-ng will start monitoring this network and storing the packets in the Hirte-01.cap file:

  4. Once the roaming client connects to our Honeypot AP, the Hirte attack is automatically launched by airbase-ng:

  5. We start aircrack-ng as in the case of the Caffe Latte attack and eventually, the key will be cracked.

What just happened?

We launched the Hirte attack against a WEP client that was isolated and away from the authorized network. We cracked the key exactly the same way as in the Caffe Latte attack case.

Have a go hero – practise, practise, practise

We recommend setting different WEP keys on the client and trying this exercise...