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It implements the best known cracking algorithms to recover wireless keys once enough encrypted packets have been gathered. . The suite comprises over a dozen discrete tools, including airodump (an 802.11 packet capture program), aireplay (an 802.11 packet injection program), aircrack (static WEP and WPA-PSK cracking), and airdecap (decrypts WEP/WPA capture files). For downloads and more information, <a href="http://www.aircrack-ng.org/">visit the Aircrack homepage</a>. </p> <div id="infobox"> <dl> <dt>Popularity</dt> <dd>#4, <span class="rank-up" title="Change in popularity since last survey"><img src="/flags/uparrow.gif">17</span></dd> <dt>Latest release</ttd> <dd><ul class="inline"> <li>1.1</li> <li>April 24, 2010 (14 years, 10 months ago)</li> </ul> </dd> <dt>Links</dt> <dd><ul class="inline"> <li> <a href="http://www.aircrack-ng.org/">Homepage/Download</a></li> <li> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrack-ng">Wikipedia</a></li> </ul> </dd> <dt>Rating</ttd> <dd>★★★★½ (10) <div class="histogram"> <span class="stars">★★★★★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:70%"></div></div> <span class="percent">70%</span> <span class="stars">★★★★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:10%"></div></div> <span class="percent">10%</span> <span class="stars">★★★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:10%"></div></div> <span class="percent">10%</span> <span class="stars">★★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:0%"></div></div> <span class="percent">0%</span> <span class="stars">★</span> <div class="histogram-bg"><div class="histogram-bar" style="width:10%"></div></div> <span class="percent">10%</span> </div> </dd> </dl> <a href="/tool/aircrack/contrib/" class="update-link">Outdated/incomplete?</a> </div> <div id="screenshots"> <h2>Screenshot</h2> <div class="screens"><a href="/tool/aircrack/screenshot/0/"><img src="/images/screenshots/256x256/Aircrack-ng.png" width="256" height="176"></a></div> </div> <h2>Comments</h2> <dl id="comments"> <dt id="c1698"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> no rating </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c1698" class="permalink">Nov. 22, 2020</a></span> RaHoWarrior </dt> <dd> <p> For those less familiar, there is a very clear guild on the aircrack page you should find helpful. <a href="https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=getting_started" rel="nofollow">https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=getting_started</a> </p> </dd> <dt id="c1578"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c1578" class="permalink">July 29, 2020</a></span> Hack Craze </dt> <dd> <p> great tool specially when we are in travelling or go at some place where internet is not available. </p> </dd> <dt id="c615"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> no rating </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c615" class="permalink">June 3, 2014</a></span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/" rel="nofollow">Arodan</a> </dt> <dd> <p> Amazing! Had a great time hacking into networks. Recommend trying it. Requires some studying </p> </dd> <dt id="c614"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c614" class="permalink">June 3, 2014</a></span> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/friends/requests/?rpix=1&fcref=ffb" rel="nofollow">Sami Somalia</a> <a href="#c615" style="margin-left:1em; font-size:smaller">newer comment by this user ↑</a> </dt> <dd> <p> Great suite!! WEP cracking with or without clients. WPA, as usual, only brute force </p> </dd> <dt id="c587"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> no rating </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c587" class="permalink">March 23, 2014</a></span> <a href="http://poil.ca/" rel="nofollow">Tony</a> </dt> <dd> <p> I used Aircrack last year to gain access on a WEP secured connection. I enjoyed the reliability of the program and how simply it worked. It took about 20 minutes or less, very useful, speed depends on the network activity </p> </dd> <dt id="c515"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c515" class="permalink">May 19, 2013</a></span> <a href="http://drawsum.com/" rel="nofollow">smellymoo</a> </dt> <dd> <p> the best wireless exploit ever. second would be reaver. </p> </dd> <dt id="c467"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c467" class="permalink">Jan. 12, 2013</a></span> <a href="http://www.oddree.com/" rel="nofollow">Ray Dios Haque</a> </dt> <dd> <p> Quite an amazing tool! But you have to have some idea of what you are doing. I'm thinking that this product might be a little too tough for some of these other reviewers. </p> </dd> <dt id="c462"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> no rating </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c462" class="permalink">Dec. 5, 2012</a></span> <a href="http://www.lemonparty.org/" rel="nofollow">jaba</a> </dt> <dd> <p> The comments here draw a clear picture of many visitors </p> </dd> <dt id="c420"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c420" class="permalink">Aug. 14, 2012</a></span> <a href="http://www.hackxcrack.es/" rel="nofollow">Facu</a> </dt> <dd> <p> Excelent! The best on wirless! Very quicker app. I just can say Excelent! </p> </dd> <dt id="c415"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c415" class="permalink">July 25, 2012</a></span> <a href="http://facebook.com/jonathonrt" rel="nofollow">Jonathon</a> </dt> <dd> <p> Wonderfully fast WEP cracker. Longest time it's ever taken me to crack a WEP with this is about 10 minutes. Fastest time with this tool was like 20 seconds. Cracking WPA is still a joke, expect months to years, even with the highest end of computers. Don't bother using is on windows though, it is made specifically for linux. You can buy a certain USB Wireless module that aircrack will work with for like 25 bucks, but not sure how well it works. </p> </dd> <dt id="c397"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c397" class="permalink">June 11, 2012</a></span> <a href="http://sectools.org/tool/aircrack/#comments" rel="nofollow">noah</a> </dt> <dd> <p> So, how exactlty would I make/acquire the proper DLL for this? Would i need to revert my operating system to something more basic, or can i install something to make this work? </p> </dd> <dt id="c387"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> no rating </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c387" class="permalink">May 28, 2012</a></span> <a href="http://sectools.org/comments/post/" rel="nofollow">LOL</a> </dt> <dd> <p> I would like to know can this Aircrack can crack the wifi password of alphanumeric?... </p> </dd> <dt id="c306"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c306" class="permalink">March 11, 2012</a></span> <a href="http://facebook.com/" rel="nofollow">lincoln macasadia</a> </dt> <dd> <p> do i need to w8 hours before this application can crack the password? </p> </dd> <dt id="c300"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c300" class="permalink">March 7, 2012</a></span> <a href="http://sectools.org/comments/post/" rel="nofollow">Ian</a> </dt> <dd> <p> [W] icon is incorrect, does NOT work natively under Windows, requires development of interface DLLs. </p> </dd> <dt id="c173"> <span style="float:right; min-width:5em; margin-left:1em"> ★★★★★ </span> <span style="float:right"><a href="#c173" class="permalink">Dec. 8, 2011</a></span> <a href="http://icodeviruses.com/" rel="nofollow">Topper</a> </dt> <dd> <p> One of the quickest, one of the best. 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