Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Essentials
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Release Date: July 2015
Pages: 164
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Kali Linux is the most popular distribution dedicated to penetration testing that includes a set of free, open source tools.
This book introduces you to wireless penetration testing and describes how to conduct its various phases. After showing you how to install Kali Linux on your laptop, you will verify the requirements of the wireless adapter and configure it. Next, the book covers the wireless LAN reconnaissance phase, explains the WEP and WPA/WPA2 security protocols and demonstrates practical attacks against them using the tools provided in Kali Linux, Aircrack-ng in particular. You will then discover the advanced and latest attacks targeting access points and wireless clients and learn how to create a professionally written and effective report.