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Man page of AIRDECAP-NG

AIRDECAP-NG

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 2010
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NAME

airdecap-ng - decrypt a WEP/WPA crypted pcap file

SYNOPSIS

airdecap-ng [options] <pcap file>

DESCRIPTION

airdecap-ng decrypts a WEP/WPA crypted pcap file to a uncrypted one by using the right WEP/WPA keys.

OPTIONS

-H, --help: Shows the help screen.
-l: Do not remove the 802.11 header.
-b <bssid>: Access point MAC address filter.
-k <pmk>: WPA Pairwise Master Key in hex.
-e <essid>: Target network SSID. For SSID containing special characters, see http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=faq#how_to_use_spaces_double_quote_and_single_quote_etc._in_ap_names
-p <pass>: Target network WPA passphrase.
-w <key>: Target network WEP key in hex.

EXAMPLES

airdecap-ng -b 00:09:5B:10:BC:5A open-network.cap
airdecap-ng -w 11A3E229084349BC25D97E2939 wep.cap
airdecap-ng -e my_essid -p my_passphrase tkip.cap

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Adam Cecile <gandalf@le-vert.net> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

This document was created by man2html, using the manual pages.
Time: 07:34:21 GMT, September 13, 2011

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