After a successful authorized lab recovery of a WPA2-PSK, the municipal engagement defines success as joining the AP and fetching an intranet proof file. What success-criteria class does that describe?
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Short Explanation
Finding a password candidate is half the story—like guessing the door code and then actually walking in to grab the stamped form on the counter. Associate with the PSK and fetch the agreed proof file. That is the validation class, not just a tool banner.
Full Explanation
When municipal rules define success as joining the AP and fetching an intranet proof file after authorized WPA2-PSK recovery, that is a validation-and-proof success-criteria class: the candidate passphrase is confirmed by successful association and access to an agreed resource, not by merely printing a guess. Civic engagements use proof artifacts to show operational impact under RoE while keeping evidence reproducible for the report. Recovery without validated join leaves ambiguity about typos, wrong SSID targeting, or band/security mismatches. Success is not proven by publishing the passphrase on a public leaderboard; disclosure outside authorized channels violates professionalism and often law and policy. Success is not proven when airodump merely shows the SSID regardless of association; visibility of a network name is reconnaissance, not credential validation. Success does not require cracking every neighboring BSSID on the same channel; scope discipline limits work to authorized targets even when RF neighbors share spectrum. Exam caveat: proof criteria are engagement-defined—know whether the lab asks for the PSK string, a proof file, or both—and never expand into out-of-scope BSSIDS. Operational check: after offline recovery in the city lab, associate to the intended SSID with matching security settings, retrieve the designated proof resource, screenshot or hash the evidence per handling rules, and stop. File the proof with the municipal engagement folder so reviewers can re-validate without re-attacking the live network.