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Question #: 862
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Which of the following attacks is used to capture the WPA2 handshake?

  • A. Replay
  • B. IV
  • C. Evil twin
  • D. Disassociation
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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bigcountry22
Highly Voted 4 years, 9 months ago
Why Replay? A Disassociation Attack that targets an individual client connected to a network, forces it offline by deauthenticating it, and then captures the handshake when it reconnects
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adriantdf
4 years, 9 months ago
I agree with D (Disassociation Attack). The main purpose of a replay attack is not to capture the handshake, but to "replay" the same information hoping it will still work.
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maxjak
4 years, 9 months ago
ummm..you maybe right but the dumb say replay attack i'm not sure what to chose
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fury247
Most Recent 3 years, 11 months ago
Disassociation In a disassociation attack, the attacker sends a de-authentication packet to the wireless access point, spoofing the user's IP address. This causes the access point to think that the user is logging off and to de-authenticate the user. The defense against this is mutual authentication. That makes it difficult for an attacker to spoof a user.
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StickyMac
4 years ago
Deauthentication/Disassociation attack is a part of the Denial-of-Service attacks. Attackers may also use this attack in order to recover hidden ESSIDs or to capture WPA/WPA2 handshakes by forcing victims to re-authenticate.
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Born_Again
4 years ago
Dion's Training Course WiFi Disassociation Attack § Attack that targets an individual client connected to a network, forces it offline by deauthenticating it, and then captures the handshake when it reconnects
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bobthebuilder55110
4 years, 3 months ago
Answer is D Lol this questions are making me reread the topics again, so confusing. I think it is disassociation attack if you look at the professor Messer videos he says that disassociation attack is used to capture the authorization frames and handshake is mentioned in the notes. So attacker captures this frames hoping they can capture the authentication frames and then take it offline to try to brute force or play to launch another attack. I will pick D if this shows up in my exam
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stibadd
4 years, 3 months ago
Deauthentication/Disassociation attack is a part of the Denial-of-Service attacks. Attackers may also use this attack in order to recover hidden ESSIDs or to capture WPA/WPA2 handshakes by forcing victims to re-authenticate. This attack can be used only if there is at least one client connected to the access point. https://cybersecuritylabs.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/wireless-networks-deauthenticationdisassociation-attack/
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jinjection
4 years, 7 months ago
LOL Guys, really Replay attack?? ... The ANSWER is D.
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Waffa
4 years, 9 months ago
A disassociation attack is commonly referred to as a deauthentication attack. so D is correct
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steven1
4 years, 9 months ago
The goal of a replay attack is to intercept and substitute packets that lead to the WPA2-handshake. A dis/deauth attack goal is to capture and download the handshake, which is a .cap file that can then be easily cracked.
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steven1
4 years, 9 months ago
So yes, D. answers the question.
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maxjak
4 years, 9 months ago
explanation: https://youtu.be/nRIND-GNiLM
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Ibrahim_aj
4 years, 9 months ago
Disassociation is form of dos attack, the only thing it do is to screw up the connection. while in replay attack it's possible the attacker can take the authentication packet and use to re-authenticate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replay_attack
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Teza
4 years, 9 months ago
The correct answer is D. Disassociation
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idoIL
4 years, 6 months ago
https://cybersecuritylabs.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/wireless-networks-deauthenticationdisassociation-attack/
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buklog
4 years, 9 months ago
Replay
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coentror
4 years, 9 months ago
A - Replay Attack
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