WIFITE(1)
π WIFITE(1) π
okay bestie, welcome to the wifite manual page, part of the General Commands Manual fam. sit down, grab a boba, and let's get into it β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
wifite β a Python script that automates wireless auditing using aircrack-ng tools. no cap, that's literally the whole job description π
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
wifite [SETTINGS] [FILTERS]
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
So wifite is a tool for auditing WEP or WPA encrypted wireless networks. it pulls in aircrack-ng, pyrit, reaver and tshark to do the actual audit work π₯
and the bestie part? it's customizable and can be fully automated with just a few arguments, and you can trust it to run without supervision. set it and forget it, main character energy π
π COMMANDS π
-check <file>β check capfile<file>for handshakes. vibe check those captures π-crackedβ display previously-cracked access points. look at your trophy shelf π
π GLOBAL π
-allβ attack all targets. [off]-i <iface>β wireless interface for capturing [auto]-macβ changes MAC address of'iface'to a random MAC. [off]-c <channel>β channel to scan for targets [auto]-e <essid>β target a specific access point by ssid (name) [ask]-b <bssid>β target a specific access point by bssid (mac) [auto]-showbβ display target BSSIDs after scan [off]-pow <db>β attacks any targets with signal strenghth > db [0]-q -quietβ do not print list of APs during scan [off]
π WPA π
-wpaβ only target WPA networks (works with-wps-wep) [off]-wpat <sec>β time to wait for WPA attack to complete (seconds) [500]-wpadt <sec>β time to wait between sending deauth packets (sec) [10]-stripβ strip handshake using tshark or pyrit [off]-crack <dic>β crack WPA handshakes using<dic>wordlist file [off]-dict <file>β specify dictionary to use when cracking WPA [phpbb.txt]-aircrackβ verify handshake using aircrack [on]-pyritβ verify handshake using pyrit [off]-tsharkβ verify handshake using tshark [on]
π WEP π
-wepβ only target WEP networks [off]-pps <num>β set the number of packets per second to inject [600]-wept <sec>β sec to wait for each attack, 0 implies endless [600]-chopchopβ use chopchop attack [on]-arpreplayβ use arpreplay attack [on]-fragmentβ use fragmentation attack [on]-caffelatteβ use caffe-latte attack [on]-p0841β use-p0841attack [on]-hirteβ use hirte (cfrag) attack [on]-nofakeauthβ stop attack if fake authentication fails [off]-wepca <n>β start cracking when number of ivs surpass n [10000]-wepsaveβ save a copy of.capfiles to this directory [off]
π§ WPS π§
-wpsβ only target WPS networks [off]-wpst,-wpstime <sec>β max wait for new retry before giving up (0: never) [660]-wpsratio,-wpsr <per>β min ratio of successful PIN attempts/total tries [0]-wpsretry,-wpsmaxr <num>β max number of retries for same PIN before giving up [0]
π OTHERS COMMANDS π
-upgradeβ checks for new version. glow-up time π-updateβ checks for new version
π EXAMPLES π
./wifite.py -wps -wep -c 6 -pps 600
π«Ά AUTHOR π«Ά
Dave M (derv82@gmail.com) π
This manual page was written by Daniel Echeverry <epsilon77@gmail.com>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).
okay that's the whole thing, bestie, you ate that π this was WIFITE(1), dated 30/07/2012, and you can find it chilling in the General Commands Manual section. go audit responsibly, ily πβ¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: wifite 2.6.6-1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- debian trixie: wifite 2.7.0-3 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu jammy: wifite 2.6.0+ds1-1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu noble: wifite 2.7.0-1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu questing: wifite 2.7.0-3
- ubuntu resolute: wifite 2.8.2-1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
- ubuntu stonking: wifite 2.8.2-1 Β· GPL-2.0-only
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