Re: OpenAir pen-testing

["Michael Painter" <tvhawaii () shaka com>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Melson" <pmelson () gmail com>
To: "Aaron Peterson" <aaron () midnightresearch com>
Cc: <pen-test () securityfocus com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:06 AM
Subject: Re: OpenAir pen-testing


> > Does anyone have any experience with pen-testing or general security
> > setup/issues of any "OpenAir" wireless devices?  It appears to be a
> > pre-802.11 wlan protocol from proxim.
>
> It's actually not pre-802.11.  It's nothing like it.  It's FHSS
> (frequency hopping spread spectrum), while 802.11 (and its precursor
> WaveLAN) are DSSS (direct sequence).
>
> You you will need special hardware to test this network.  Proxim made
> RangeLAN2 PCMCIA cards that work with Win2K and Linux.  (They probably
> work fine with XP also, but I've never tried.)  Last time I tried,
> Knoppix came with the rl2 driver and loaded with my card just fine.
[snip]

Raylink also made an inexpensive Frequency Hopper PCM card as I recall.

--Michael

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