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WPA (Wifi Protected Access) is a family of security protocols for Wi-Fi networks. The current version is WPA2, also known as IEEE 802.11i.

Wifi Protected Access (WPA) is a security protocol for Wifi signals.

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Using "--ivs" is a good way for making a smaller output?

airodump-ng --ivs --channel 1 --write output --bssid VV:II:CC:TT:II:MM mon0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initialization_vector Question: If we use "--ivs" to make smaller outputs, will we be still able to crack WPA?
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How to use hashcat on CentOS 7 to crack WPA with wordlist?

If we have a CentOS 7 desktop and a big wordlist and a WPA out.ivs capture (--ivs with airodump-ng), how can we use hashcat (without installing it via the package manager) to use the wordlist to "attack" the .ivs capture file to guess the password?
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When do I know I captured the WPA 4 way handshake?

When running: airodump-ng --ivs --channel 1 --write output --bssid VV:II:CC:TT:II:MM mon0 Question: When do I know I captured the WPA 4 way handshake?