Hi,

I am sharing my learning outcomes.

Recently I downloaded Kali Linux 64-bit Version 2018.1 and ran it on my HP laptop with the integrated Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 8260 Wireless Network Card.

I wanted to test if I could hack the Wi-Fi WPA password on Ruckus R700 Access Point (AP) and the Aztech DSL8900GR(AC) Wireless Router. So I started using the Reaver WPA cracking tool.

I understand that the Reaver tool works because there is a bug with Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS).

I have no luck with Reaver on the Ruckus R700 Access Point. After running Reaver, I found out that WPS is permanently disabled on the Ruckus R700 AP with no option to turn it back on at all. Hence It is not possible to hack the WPA password on Ruckus R700 AP.

Understanding that I couldn't do anything further with Ruckus R700 AP, I proceeded to test Reaver on the Aztech DSL8900GR(AC) wireless router. In this case, I also found out that WPS is disabled by default on the Aztech wireless router. Reaver will not be useful at all if WPS is disabled. But there is an option to enable WPS. So I enabled WPS in the Aztech wireless router configuration page. And continued testing with Reaver. But because Aztech wireless router has the rate limiting security feature, brute force password attacks will be very slow and probably take forever. The rate limiting security feature on the Aztech wireless router is meant to slow you down when you are brute forcing the WPS pin.

So here is my conclusion: Reaver Wi-Fi WPA hacking tool is totally useless on new wireless routers which have the WPS disabled or have implemented a fix for the WPS bug. Are there any other WPA cracking tools which I can use in my educational learning journey? Please advise.

Mr. Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming Singapore 13 March 2018 Tuesday 4:28 PM Singapore Time

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