Hi
tolmie,
...There are so many tools...
...What tool should I concentrate on as there seem to be a few...
eheh, and BackBox is an already stripped down distro... i can imagine the mess you would be in using other well known heavy-loaded distros

Regarding wireless hacking, you are right, there are many tools. The most important one is certainly the
Aircrack-ng suite, with which you can do great part of a wireless attack and analysis. The official website provides
good documentation, with man pages and tutorials.
Also you may find useful and very clear
this video course. There is both theoretical background as well as the practical side, and tha author is usually really good in explanations...
But you know, there are tons of articles, medias and materials online... just search. Or you can go deeper with rfcs and networking books.
Also, hope you have the permission of your friend when testing, otherwise this is not a nice thing.
Have fun!
Bye.
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bool secure = check_paranoia() ? true : false;