In the Air Tonight

In the Air Tonight
Tim Mullen, 2002-03-04

Hello, my name is Timothy, and I am addicted to sniffing 802.11.

Security and Wireless 2002-03-05
Nicholas Weaver (1 replies)

The problem is that these wireless protocols were NEVER designed with security in mind. 802.11, regardless of the flaws in WEP, is painfully bad because the single-shared-secret model is hideous. 802.1x has only single sided authentication and still too many single-shared-secrets.

The rule is b...

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Security and Wireless 2002-03-07
Derek Thompson (1 replies)

I had planned to Install an 802.11b network for a couple of laptops to conventiently access a network, and had read that it was important to change the default keys etc. But now I've read this report and heard about airsnort. What can I do to correct this flaw?...

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Security and Wireless 2002-03-07
Anonymous

Some manufacturers have proprietary tools that can help, but he simplest way to go at it is to treat it like an external network (ie Internet) and use VPN....

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In the Air Tonight 2002-03-07
Anonymous (1 replies)

Why is there no mention of 802.11q using 128 bit encryption? I was told by Cisco that this was extremely secure....

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In the Air Tonight 2002-03-07
Anonymous

It's called WEP and it's not trully 128bits and it's flawed (try VPN)...

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hehe 2002-03-07
jungle drivin

Tim, I can certainly identifiy with your addiction. I was in Dallas this past weekend and couln't help but:

A) Rent a Jag
B) Buzz Perot's pad.

Fun stuff indeed.

There's an amazing amount of organizations that haven't even thought of employing WEP, let alone worrying about it being broken....

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