aircrack-ng/aircrack-ng

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Aircrack-ng is a complete suite of command-line tools for assessing WiFi network security, covering packet capture, injection, monitor mode, and WEP/WPA-PSK key cracking. It works primarily on Linux but also runs on Windows, macOS, and the BSDs.

Use cases

• audit the security of a WiFi network
• crack WPA/WPA2-PSK passwords from captured handshakes
• capture raw 802.11 packets in monitor mode
• inject and replay wireless frames for testing
• set up fake access points to test clients
• check whether a WiFi card supports capture and injection

When to choose

• you need a scriptable, command-line WiFi security auditing toolkit
• you are doing authorized wireless penetration testing or security research
• you want mature, widely supported tooling across Linux, macOS, and BSD

When to avoid

• you need a graphical WiFi auditing tool out of the box
• you are auditing non-wireless (wired) networks
• you lack a compatible wireless card with monitor mode and injection support

Facets

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security penetration-testing cli networking security penetration-testing networking windows bsd cli cross-platform wifi wpa-cracking wep packet-capture packet-injection monitor-mode wireless-audit 802.11 command-line linux macos

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