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Sniffer® Portable Professional User's Guide - NetScout

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Chapter 4<br />

58 Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Professional</strong><br />

Notes on WPA/WPA2 Decryption<br />

Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> must observe the four EAPOL exchange<br />

packets for successful WPA decryption to take place. These packets<br />

must be seen for every independent Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> session<br />

and every independent Client > AP session. Each time you restart the<br />

application or use the File > Reset All command, Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong><br />

<strong>Professional</strong> will need to see new EAPOL exhange packets for successful<br />

decryption. Note the following:<br />

EAPOL exchange packets are seen when a client connects to the<br />

access point. After starting Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Professional</strong>, perform a<br />

manual connection to the access point to make sure the EAPOL<br />

packets are exchanged.<br />

Decrypted WPA/WPA2 packets will only appear in the Expert and<br />

Decode displays after the EAPOL exchange packets are seen.<br />

EAPOL packets are only valid for a single session of Client > AP<br />

communications. Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> needs new EAPOL<br />

exchange packets for each new session.<br />

The EAPOL exchange packets must not have CRC errors in order for<br />

decryption to work successfully.<br />

If you suspect that decryption is not working correctly, try<br />

reconnecting a client to the access point with the specified<br />

passphrase.<br />

Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> installations on Windows XP do not<br />

support WPA decryption of traffic seen on Private networks.<br />

You can temporarily disable a particular WPA/WPA2 key using the<br />

Off/On radio buttons.<br />

Specifying WEP Keys<br />

Use the WEP Keys options in the IEEE 802.11 Decryption Keys<br />

dialog box to specify the keys to be used for decryption of<br />

WEP-encrypted packets. You can enter either a Single Key Set for all<br />

wireless channels or specify separate keys for individual channels. Keys<br />

can be entered as either Hex or ASCII characters. If the correct keys<br />

are specified, Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> can decrypt and decode<br />

WEP-encrypted packets during capture.<br />

NOTE: Sniffer <strong>Portable</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> can decrypt both<br />

WPA/WPA2-encrypted and WEP-encrypted data at the same time,<br />

so long as you have enabled and configured both forms of<br />

decryption in the IEEE 802.11 Decryption Keys dialog box.

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