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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide

Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide

By : Dieterle, Cameron Buchanan, Vivek Ramachandran
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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide

Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner???s Guide

4.6 (12)
By: Dieterle, Cameron Buchanan, Vivek Ramachandran

Overview of this book

As wireless networks become ubiquitous in our lives, wireless penetration testing has become a key skill in the repertoire of the professional penetration tester. This has been highlighted again recently with the discovery of the KRACK attack which enables attackers to potentially break into Wi-Fi networks encrypted with WPA2. The Kali Linux security distribution comes with a myriad of tools used for networking attacks and detecting security loopholes. Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide, Third Edition has been updated to Kali Linux 2017.3 with the latest methodologies, including full coverage of the KRACK attack and how to defend against it. The book presents wireless pentesting from the ground up, introducing all elements of penetration testing with each new technology. You'll learn various wireless testing methodologies by example, from the basics of wireless routing and encryption through to detailed coverage of hacking methods and attacks such as the Hirte and Caffe Latte.
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Time for action – configuring your wireless card

We will be using the wireless adapter with the penetration tester's laptop.

Follow these instructions step by step to set up your card:

  1. Plug in the card to one of the Kali laptop's USB ports and boot it. Once you log in, open a console terminal and type in iwconfig. Your screen should look as follows:
    Time for action – configuring your wireless card

    As you can see, wlan0 is the wireless interface created for the wireless adapter.

    Type in ifconfig wlan0 up to bring the interface up. Then, type in ifconfig wlan0 to see the current state of the interface:

    Time for action – configuring your wireless card
  2. The MAC address 00:c0:ca:3e:bd:93 should look like the MAC address written under your Alfa card. I am using the Edimax that gives me the preceding MAC address 80:1f:02:8f:34:d5. This is a quick check to ensure that you have enabled the correct interface.

What just happened?

Kali ships with all the required drivers for the Alfa and Edimax adapters out of the box. As soon as the machine booted, the adapter was recognized and was assigned the network interface wlan0. Now our wireless adapter is up and functional!

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