airolib-ng

Pre-compute WPA/WPA2 PMK databases for faster cracking

TLDR

Create a new database

$ airolib-ng [database.db] --init

Import a wordlist

$ airolib-ng [database.db] --import passwd [wordlist.txt]

Import an ESSID

$ airolib-ng [database.db] --import essid [essid_file.txt]

Batch process (pre-compute PMKs)

$ airolib-ng [database.db] --batch

Verify database integrity

$ airolib-ng [database.db] --verify

Show database statistics

$ airolib-ng [database.db] --stats

SYNOPSIS

airolib-ng database operation [options]

airolib-ng manages databases of pre-computed Pairwise Master Keys (PMKs) for WPA/WPA2 cracking. Computing PMKs is the slow part of WPA cracking; pre-computing them for common ESSIDs and passwords dramatically speeds up attacks.
The tool creates SQLite databases that aircrack-ng can use directly, trading storage space for cracking speed.

PARAMETERS

--init

Initialize a new database

--import passwd file

Import passwords from wordlist

--import essid file

Import ESSIDs from file

--import cowpatty file

Import cowpatty hash file

--batch

Compute all missing PMKs

--batch --essid name

Compute PMKs for specific ESSID

--verify [all]

Verify database integrity

--stats

Show database statistics

--clean [all]

Remove computed PMKs

--sql query

Execute SQL query

CAVEATS

Pre-computation only helps for known ESSIDs. Database files can become very large. PMKs are ESSID-specific; generic wordlist attacks don't benefit. Computing PMKs is CPU-intensive.

HISTORY

airolib-ng was added to the aircrack-ng suite to enable practical attacks against WPA/WPA2 networks by pre-computing the expensive PBKDF2 operations.