1. By Vamseedhar Vuppu 005228822 The Secrets of Wireless Hacking

2. Agenda 802.11 Wireless Standard Encryption Schemes Wardriving Tools used for wardriving Attacking 802.11networks Tools used Defenses Conclusion

3. 802.11 wireless standard IEEE 802.11is a set of standards for WLAN

4. Different 802.11 Standards

5. Encryption Schemes WEP(Wired Equivalent Privacy) - First scheme for securing 802.11 WAP AND WAP2(Wi-Fi Protected Access) - Standard schemes used today WAP-PSK (Pre-shared key) - Used in home and small office networks

6. Wardriving Tools Tools used in different platforms

7. NetStumbler Tool used in windows

8. Attacking 802.11 networks Note: Hacking other’s network without the permission of network owner is illegal [2]. Penetration Testing tools are used Powerful Tool is BackTrack2 -Linux live distribution for pen testing -Voted as #1 tool for pen testing[3] -more than 300 security tools

9. Backtrack2

10. Defenses Minimize signal exposure SSID (Network name) - Broadcasting SSID - Not broadcasting SSID Unique SSID

11. Conclusion I suggest everyone to implement WPA- PSK encryption with strong passphrases and unique SSID for their networks. In future we can expect a strong encryption scheme than WPA that will come into existence

12. References Gast, M. (2002). 802.11 Wireless Networks:The Definitive Guide. Sebastopol:O’Reilly & Associates. Hurley, C., & Rogers, R., & Thornton, F., & Connelly, D., & Baker, B. (2007). Wardriving & Wireless Penetration Testing. Rockland: Syngress Publishing BackTrack (2007). Retrieved December 4, 2007, from http://www.remote- exploit.org/backtrack.html

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