Hacking WPA/WPA2 without dictionary/bruteforce : Fluxion

• intention is, however, to educate

Fluxion (linset)

 I hadn't ventured into Hackforums since a while, and this time when I went there I saw a thread about a script called Fluxion. It's based on another script called linset (actually it's no much different from linset, think of it as an improvement, with some bug fixes and additional options). I did once think about (and was asked in a comment about) using something like a man in the middle attack/ evil twin attack to get WPA password instead of going the bruteforce/dictionary route, but never looked the idea up on the internet nor spent much time pondering over it. However, once I saw the thread about this cool script, I decided to give it a try. So in this post I'll show you how I used Fluxion, and how you can too.
Disclaimer : Use this tool only on networks you own .Don't do anything illegal.

Contents

• Checking if tool is pre-installed, getting it via github if it isn't.
• Running the script, installing dependencies if required.
• Quick overview of how to use Fluxion.
• Detailed walk-through and demonstration with text explanation and screenshots
• Video demonstration (not identical to the written demo, but almost the same)
• Troubleshooting section

 

Just double checking

The first thing I did was make sure that Kali doesn't already have this tool. Maybe if you are reading this post a long time after it was written, then you might have the tool pre-installed in Kali. In any case, try this out:

fluxion

I, personally tried to check if linset or fluxion came pre-installed in Kali (though I didn't expect them to be there).

Getting the script

Getting the script is just a matter of cloning the github repository. Just use the git command line tool to do it.
git clone https://github.com/deltaxflux/fluxion

If you have any problems with this step, then you can just naviagate to the repostitory and manually download the stuff.

Update : There seems to be some legal trouble with Fluxion. The creator of the script has removed the source code of the tool, and uploaded code that is supposed to delete fluxion from your computer. I don't know the specifics of what is going on, but will provide updates ASAP.

Update : Now the repository is gone altogether!
What this means : As of now, this tutorial is useless. If you can find the source code for Fluxion, then you can use it and continue with the tutorial. Otherwise, not much can be done without the tool.


Update Again!
You can try this repo - https://github.com/wi-fi-analyzer/fluxion. It's an old version, might or might not work.