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Aircrack-ng

Passphrase not in wordlist

C Cracking Medium

🔴 Error Message

KEY NOT FOUND - passphrase not in dictionary

📖 What This Means

Password not in the wordlist used.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Use rockyou.txt: aircrack-ng -w /usr/share/wordlists/rockyou.txt capture.cap
  2. Try hashcat for GPU: hashcat -m 22000
  3. Generate custom wordlist with crunch

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