11-19-2011, 10:53 AM
this is not about WPA, this applies to all algorithms. if the password is secure, this means long and with full charset, then nothing in the world can crack it. fortionally people do not use secure passwords. for example, if you take a look at the rockyou.txt, which is a leaked plaintext password list from a multi-million site, you see 97% of the passwords contains simple words. some with easy, some with complex mutations techniques. since we focus advanced attackes in hashcat world, these 97% are reachable targets. if you want to learn more about advanced techniques rather than brute-force, take a look at our wiki. start with mask attack.