These are open-source web-based platforms that allow users to manage hashcat instances remotely.
WPA-PSK (commonly WPA2-PSK or WPA3-SAE transition mode) uses a 4-way handshake captured when a device connects to an access point (AP). The password is not sent in plaintext; instead, the handshake contains data that allows offline verification of a candidate passphrase via:
Here is a pseudo-code example of how a master node distributes work: distributed wpa psk auditor
| Defense | Effectiveness | |---------|---------------| | | Eliminates PSK vulnerability. | | Long, random passphrases (≥12 chars, full ASCII) | Makes exhaustive search infeasible (e.g., 95¹² ≈ 5.4×10²³ candidates). | | Password policy enforcement | Prevent dictionary words, common patterns. | | PMKID rotation (not standard) | Not effective against offline capture. | | Monitor for handshake captures (rogue deauth attacks) | Detects active eavesdropping. | | 802.11w (Management Frame Protection) | Prevents deauthentication attacks used to force handshake capture. |
Content related to a generally falls into the intersection of network security, distributed computing, and ethical hacking. This type of tool is designed to audit the security of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA/WPA2/WPA3) networks by leveraging the computational power of multiple machines to accelerate the testing of Pre-Shared Keys (PSKs). These are open-source web-based platforms that allow users
A typical content guide for using such a system would involve these steps:
| Hardware (single node) | Hashes/sec (WPA-PSK) | Time to test 10⁹ passwords | |------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------| | CPU (1 core) | ~500–1,000 | 11–23 days | | High-end GPU (RTX 4090)| ~1,500,000 | ~11 minutes | | 100× GPU cluster | ~150,000,000 | ~6.7 seconds | | | Long, random passphrases (≥12 chars, full
Auditing WPA PSKs usually involves "offline dictionary attacks" or "brute-force attacks" against the 4-way handshake.
A distributed auditor with 100 modern GPUs can exhaust the entire rockyou.txt (14M passwords) in under a second per handshake.
Several projects allow users to perform or contribute to distributed Wi-Fi security research: WPA and WPA2 4-Way Handshake - NetworkLessons.com