Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch

Creating fake access points with the MANA Toolkit

In this section, we'll discuss a tool called the MANA Toolkit. The MANA Toolkit allows us to create fake APs. It is very easy to use, and it automatically creates fake APs for us, so that we don't have to manually type commands. The tool also has a few scripts, allowing us to run a number of tools to sniff traffic in the fake AP, bypass HTTPS, and even attempt to bypass HSTS.

The tool comes with three main scripts:

1. start-noupstream.sh: Basically, this script will create a fake AP. This AP will not have an internet connection, so, when someone connects to this fake AP, they will not be able to connect to the internet.
2. start-nat-simple.sh: This creates a fake AP with an internet connection. ...