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How to Crack a WPA encrypted wireless network

May 3, 2010 07:48 PM

In this how to video, you will learn how to crack a WPA encrypted wireless network. To do this, you will need the Air Crack package for Linux. First, disable the wireless adapter and enable monitor mode. Next, identify the channel in the wireless network and Mac address. Once you have this, you can listen to the traffic coming to and from this point. Wait for the handshake or disconnect something in order to force it to reconnect. From here, you are ready to perform the attack. With any encryption method, it is only as strong as the one chosen. This is also allows for denial of service attacks. You now know ho to crack a WPA encrypted wireless network.

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