aircrack Roles
aircrack-ng suite roles — crack tools named for literacy, not neighbor PSK attacks.
Visual · wireless_aircrack_roles
Suite roles: aircrack-ng, aireplay-ng named not weaponized. $LAB_SSID only. Original Cyberlium.
Knowing a tool's name is not the same as aiming it at a stranger handshake.
The suite includes aircrack-ng (offline PSK testing against authorized captures), aireplay-ng (injection — high misuse potential), adecap, airbase-ng, and others. Cyberlium names roles so you read vendor detection guides and harden $LAB_SSID — Module 6 covers handshake capture on lab only. Here: no step-by-step crack walkthrough, no deauth recipes, no evil twin setup. Next: Suite Lab.
1. aircrack-ng (offline analysis role)
aircrack-ng tests passphrase candidates against authorized capture files — meaningful only on YOUR lab handshake with weak lab PSK per brief. Not for neighbor handshakes.
Defenders detect CPU spikes and wordlist paths; you learn detection labels, not public café cracking.
Command guide
Try these commands — aircrack-ng (offline analysis role)
═══ TOOLS & WEBSITES ═══ Browse / read these (authorized learning only — stay in YOUR lab / program scope)
aircrack-ng — https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=aircrack-ng Handshake capture — https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=simple_wpa_crack
═══ INSTALL ═══
Linux (Debian/Ubuntu):
Command — copy this
sudo apt install aircrack-ng
macOS: Prefer Kali VM
Windows: Use Kali VM
═══ LINUX / macOS ═══
Command — copy this
aircrack-ng --help 2>/dev/null | head -15 || echo 'Suite roles: airmon, airodump, aireplay (lab), aircrack (YOUR captures)' grep LAB_SSID "$HOME/cyberlium-lab/t15-wifi/roe.txt" 2>/dev/null || echo 'Only crack handshakes from YOUR lab SSID'
Primary tools to practice this lesson: aircrack-ng, grep. Reference sites: aircrack-ng (https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=aircrack-ng); Handshake capture (https://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php?id=simple_wpa_crack). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. aireplay-ng and injection (misuse hotspot)
Injection can deauth, replay, or forge frames — classic stranger harassment vector. Out of scope except naming for blue-team detection.
If a lab brief mentions injection, it stays on $LAB_SSID with explicit written permission — never café.
3. Suite map for defenders
SIEM rules often tag airmon/airodump/aircrack process chains. Ship: table of tool → role → misuse → defender note. Next: Suite Lab.
4. What you ship: suite role table (no weaponized steps)
Table: airmon/airodump/aircrack/aireplay roles. Misuse=neighbor/café. Lab=$LAB_SSID only. chmod 600.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Date. Suite role table. No crack walkthrough. File t15-m05-l03-aircrack-roles.txt chmod 600.
6. Wrong vs right: stranger SSIDs vs YOUR lab AP
Worked failure — same MSF word, opposite target. Right never needs a café Wi-Fi or classmate laptop.
- Wrong: Write neighbor crack cookbook. Teach aireplay deauth on library AP as 'lab trick.'
- Right: Name suite roles and defender detections. Next: Suite Lab.
Mission: suite role map
1) List four suite tools and one-line roles. 2) Mark aireplay misuse on strangers as NEVER. 3) Tie authorized use to $LAB_SSID RoE. No step-by-step crack.
Stuck? Ask Cyberlium AI Mentor
Module 6 adds handshake literacy — still filtered to $LAB_SSID.
APPLY: aircrack-ng offline role tests:
APPLY: True or False: aireplay-ng deauth on café AP is Cyberlium homework.
APPLY: Defenders monitor suite tools because: