VeEX Inc. develops carrier-grade test and measurement solutions for telecommunications network operators, service providers, MSOs, data centers, utilities, and other commercial customers. Our instruments are designed to support network deployment, maintenance, service turn-up, and verification across demanding field and operational environments. Although VeEX test sets include a broad range of advanced networking capabilities, they are intended exclusively for diagnostics, monitoring, troubleshooting, performance validation, and stress testing purposes.
When VeEX integrates certain specialized open-source software or tools into its test sets, the focus is only on network diagnostics rather than cybersecurity testing, penetration or hacking. This may lead to misunderstandings since some of the advanced features built into network testers may resemble techniques used by IT cybersecurity professionals, white-hat hackers or malicious actors, however our use is strictly intended for legitimate network infrastructure and services testing.
About Aircrack-ng
Aircrack-ng is a widely used open-source wireless security tool intended for legitimate applications such as Wi‑Fi® scanning, analysis, and diagnostics. Because some of its capabilities overlap with functions commonly associated with offensive security tools, antivirus software such as Kaspersky may occasionally flag it as a “Hack Tool” or generate a false positive detection, when downloading, unzipping or copying certain software update packages from VeEX.
- Security: Aircrack-ng is a standard suite of command-line tools often used by network administrators and ethical (white-hat) hackers to test Wi-Fi network security.
- Core Functions: It allows users to monitor wireless traffic, capture handshake data, and test the strength of WEP, WPA, and WPA2 passwords.
This software tool may be used internally on select VeEX WLAN analyzer test sets for ethical network analysis. It enables the instrument’s Wi‑Fi adapter to operate in monitor mode and access raw 802.11 traffic, allowing test functionalities such as client scans across access points (AP) based on their beacon packets.
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VeEX test sets do not provide users with access to the Aircrack-ng utility or direct access to any of its features or functions. It is used solely for internal instrument operations.
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VeEX does not install Aircrack-ng on customers' networks, servers, PCs, tablets, phones or IoT devices, nor makes it available/accessible to its end users.
Always Maintain Supply Chain Integrity
To guarantee a Safe (Clean) software packages always get such programs from a trusted vendor, the official Aircrack-ng website or one of their trusted security partners.
- The Aircrack software itself does not contain viruses, backdoors, or hidden malware.
- Only download software updates, for VeEX instruments, directly from VeEX's official website, VeExpress™, or R-Server™.
- If you downloaded the software update package's ZIP or ProductID-veex-arm.tar.gz files directly from VeEX sources, you should be able to safely select 'Ignore' or 'Trust' on the warning message. When in doubt, download a fresh copy.
- In general, avoid alternate software or firmware sources, downloads or installations, to prevent man-in-the-middle type of attacks, in which firmware images may not be exactly what the vendor intended, whether from a compromised build pipeline or a tampered/re-packaged download.
Legal and Safety Recommendations
- Authorization Required: Using these tools on a Wi-Fi network without explicit consent from the owner may be illegal and violate computer fraud laws.
- In certain jurisdictions, attacks and unauthorized handshake capture are illegal for networks you don't own or operate.
Related Test Solutions
The Aircrack-ng utility may be included in the following portable communications test and measurement instruments:
- MTX640 - Dual 100G + 400G Portable Test Set
- MTX642 - Dual 400G Portable Test Set
- PX92 Series - PON Analyzer & Multi-Gigabit Service QoE Test Set
- WX90 - Wi-Fi Expert Test Toolkit
- WX150 - Wi-Fi Air Expert® Test Set (Discontinued)
- MTTplus-900 - Wi-Fi Air Expert® Test Module (Discontinued)