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| author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:18:00 -0400 |
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| committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 03:18:00 -0400 |
| commit | 02d6736d69eeeb7d441289c38a481332df44a9d9 (patch) | |
| tree | 55ec5d89e4d295743433e4cfb5241e779e357fc5 /network/reaver/README | |
| parent | 9f0a99dcdab6952a0f6cbd2264c4e3123842c0af (diff) | |
network/reaver: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/network/reaver/README b/network/reaver/README index c7d75af9effc..10d92d96d1df 100644 --- a/network/reaver/README +++ b/network/reaver/README @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ -Reaver implements a brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) -registrar PINs in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases, as described in +Reaver implements a brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup +(WPS) registrar PINs in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases, as +described in: http://sviehb.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/viehboeck_wps.pdf. -Reaver has been designed to be a robust and practical attack against WPS, and -has been tested against a wide variety of access points and WPS -implementations. +Reaver has been designed to be a robust and practical attack against +WPS, and has been tested against a wide variety of access points and +WPS implementations. -On average Reaver will recover the target AP's plain text WPA/WPA2 passphrase -in 4-10 hours, depending on the AP. In practice, it will generally take half -this time to guess the correct WPS pin and recover the passphrase. +On average Reaver will recover the target AP's plain text WPA/WPA2 +passphrase in 4-10 hours, depending on the AP. In practice, it will +generally take half this time to guess the correct WPS pin and recover +the passphrase. |