@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Basically it’s a device which performs a deauth attack.
99You select the clients you want to disconnect from their network and start the attack. As long as the attack is running, the
1010selected clients are not able to connect to the network.
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12- # How it works:
12+ ## How it works:
1313
1414The 802.11 WiFi protocol contains a so called deauthentication frame. It is used to disconnect clients safely from a wireless
1515network.
@@ -24,15 +24,15 @@ prevent errors, these packets were invented.
2424Because they are unencrypted, you just need the mac address of the WiFi router and of the client device which you want to
2525disconnect from the network. You don’t even have to be in the network or know the password, it’s enough to be in its range.
2626
27- # What an ESP8266 is:
27+ ## What an ESP8266 is:
2828
2929The ESP8266 a very cheap micro controller with build in WiFi. It contains a powerfull 160 MHz processor and you can program it
3030with the Arduino IDE. This makes it perfect for this project.
3131
3232You can buy these chips for under $2 from China. But I recommend you to buy one of the USB breakout/developer boards.
3333It doesn’t matter which board you use, as long as it has an ESP8266 on it.
3434
35- # How to protect yourself:
35+ ## How to protect yourself:
3636
3737With 802.11w-2009 WiFi got an update to encrypt management frames.
3838So make sure your router is up to date and has management frame protection enabled. But be sure that your client device
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ My intention with this project is to draw attention to this issue.
5151This attack shows how vulnerable the 802.11 WiFi standard is and that we need to fix it.
5252A solution is already there, why don’t we use it?
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54- ##### Tutorial #####
54+ # Tutorial
5555
5656coming soon :)
5757
58- #### Sources and additional links ####
58+ # Sources and additional links
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6060deauth attack: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_deauthentication_attack
6161deauth frame: https://mrncciew.com/2014/10/11/802-11-mgmt-deauth-disassociation-frames/
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