Re: wireless help

[Gene Cronk <gcronk () trsg net>]

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The problem with this being is that MAC addresses are very easily
spoofed.  Kismet (www.kismetwireless.net) has a drone feature that can
sniff out unwanted traffic.  All depends on how paranoid you are.

Keith Duemling wrote:

| Kamal,
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| Enable MAC filtering on your wireless access points and that should do a
| good job of restricting access to only those NICs you want on your
network.
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| Keith Duemling
| MCP, Security+
|
| Computer Security: "A false sense of security is worse than being
unsecure."
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| Protect Your Privacy: http://www.pgp.com
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| // end
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| -----Original Message-----
| From: Kamal Habayeb [mailto:mountainfury () fastmail fm]
| Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 4:58 PM
| To: security-basics () securityfocus com
| Subject: wireless help
|
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| Greetings,
|
| Does anyone know of a way or program that would let me know if an
| unauthorized computer has connected to my wireless network and been issued
| an ip address by DHCP? I am aware that I can check the DHCP log to
find this
| out, but I want something that will warn me in real time that a
computer has
| connected.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Kamal Habayeb
|
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Gene Cronk MCP,iNet+ (gcronk () trsg net)
The Robin Shepherd Group -- Systems Administrator
Office (904)-359-0981 Ext. 36
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