nerdexam
GIAC

GPEN · Question #232

Which of the following tools is a wireless sniffer and analyzer that works on the Windows operating system?

The correct answer is D. Aeropeek. AiroPeek (marketed as Aeropeek) is a commercial Windows-native wireless packet sniffer and protocol analyzer used to capture and inspect 802.11 wireless frames.

Vulnerability Discovery & Scanning

Question

Which of the following tools is a wireless sniffer and analyzer that works on the Windows operating system?

Options

  • AVoid11
  • BAirsnort
  • CKismet
  • DAeropeek

How the community answered

(51 responses)
  • A
    16% (8)
  • B
    6% (3)
  • C
    8% (4)
  • D
    71% (36)

Why each option

AiroPeek (marketed as Aeropeek) is a commercial Windows-native wireless packet sniffer and protocol analyzer used to capture and inspect 802.11 wireless frames.

AVoid11

Void11 is a Linux-based tool designed primarily to perform IEEE 802.11 deauthentication and disassociation attacks against wireless clients, not a general-purpose packet sniffer for Windows.

BAirsnort

AirSnort is a Linux-based tool specifically designed to recover WEP encryption keys by passively collecting and statistically analyzing wireless traffic over time.

CKismet

Kismet is an open-source wireless network detector, passive sniffer, and intrusion detection system that operates on Linux and Unix-based platforms, not on Windows.

DAeropeekCorrect

Aeropeek, also known as AiroPeek and developed by WildPackets, is a commercial wireless LAN analyzer built specifically for the Windows operating system. It captures 802.11 wireless frames and provides deep protocol decoding and analysis capabilities, distinguishing it from the majority of wireless sniffers that require a Linux environment to interface with wireless adapters in monitor mode.

Concept tested: Windows-native wireless LAN sniffing and analysis tools

Topics

#wireless sniffing#Aeropeek#wireless tools#network analysis

Community Discussion

No community discussion yet for this question.

Full GPEN Practice