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# Cracking with Airolib
Build an Airolib database and test a captured WPA/WPA2 handshake.
Airolib-ng stores password candidates and network names in an SQLite database.
### Import password candidates
Import the `passwords.txt` file:
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
airolib-ng password-airolib --import passwd passwords.txt
```
{% endcode %}
This creates an SQLite database.
### Import the network name
Create an ESSID file with the access point name:
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
echo "jordan" > essid.lst
```
{% endcode %}
Import the ESSID file:
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
airolib-ng password-airolib --import essid essid.lst
```
{% endcode %}
Check the database status:
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
airolib-ng password-airolib --stats
```
{% endcode %}
Clean the database before generating the values:
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
airolib-ng password-airolib --clean all
```
{% endcode %}
### Generate the database
Generate the precomputed values. This takes about 10 minutes.
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
airolib-ng password-airolib --batch
```
{% endcode %}
### Test the capture
Use Aircrack-ng with the Airolib database:
{% code overflow="wrap" %}
```bash
aircrack-ng -r password-airolib Capture-01.cap
```
{% endcode %}
This takes less than 1.5 seconds.
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