Information about the package, reaver, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The reaver package is designed for, Brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup.
Package Name:
reaver
Summary:
Brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup
Description:
Reaver implements a brute force attack against Wifi Protected Setup (WPS) registrar PINs in order to recover WPA/WPA2 passphrases, as described in http://sviehb.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/viehboeck_wps.pdf.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4
Release:
3.el6
Size:
118 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the reaver package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install reaver
This command will install reaver on the server.
yum remove reaver
This command will un-install reaver on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove reaver, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove reaver
This command will un-install reaver on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove reaver when using the -y flag.
yum update reaver
This command will update reaver to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove reaver, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update reaver
This command will update reaver to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove reaver when using the -y flag.
yum info reaver
This command will show you core information about the reaver package.
yum deplist reaver
This command will show you the dependencies for reaver. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update reaver
This command will check if there is an update waiting on reaver. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.