Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch

WPS cracking

Cracking WPA or WPA2 encrypted networks isn't simple, especially since all of the packets that are sent out are not useful for us, as they do not contain any information that can help us to determine the WPA key. Before we get into cracking WPA and WPA2, we will look at a feature called WPS; it allows users and clients to connect to the network by the push of a button. On Windows 8, if you look on some Wi-Fi printers, they have a WPS button; if you press the WPS button and go to your router and press the WPS button as well, or if you go to the configuration page and press the WPS button, the client, printer, or Windows device will connect to the network without having to enter the key. WPS is a feature that allows clients to ...