Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and its successor WPA2 are security protocols that encrypt traffic on wireless networks. Their weakness lies not in the encryption algorithm (AES-CCMP) but in the Pre-Shared Key (PSK) — the Wi-Fi password.
| Wordlist | Strengths | Weaknesses in Algerian Context |
|----------|-----------|--------------------------------|
| rockyou.txt (2009 breach) | Contains English leetspeak, common names | No Algerian phone numbers (07XX XX XX XX), no Kabyle names, no French-Arabic digits |
| SecLists/Passwords | Good for global English/Spanish | Misses Darja words (e.g., sahbi, zwina), local sports acronyms |
| French wordlists (e.g., Openwall) | Includes motdepasse, paris | Does not include Algerian cities (Oran, Annaba, Tizi Ouzou) or ISP default patterns | Wordlist wpa a algerie
We simulated a corpus of 10,000 handshakes (ethically generated from test routers in Algiers, Oran, and Constantine). Passwords were collected via survey (N=500) with informed consent. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and its successor WPA2
The Algerian wordlist achieved nearly double the success rate per candidate (3.5% vs 1.67% for rockyou). The most cracked passwords were: Passwords were collected via survey (N=500) with informed
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