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diff --git a/network/reaver/README b/network/reaver/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..c7d75af9effcb --- /dev/null +++ b/network/reaver/README @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +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. + +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. |