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AirSnort: Wireless LAN Tool for Recovering Encryption Keys

Calendar Jan 07, 2005 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
1 min read
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Network Security WLAN Tool Encryption Recovery Wireless Security WLAN Encryption AirSnort
AirSnort is a wireless LAN (WLAN) tool which recovers encryption keys. AirSnort operates by passively monitoring transmissions, computing the encryption key when enough packets have been gathered.