RE: Emulating a wireless access point

["Nicholas de Jong" <nick () infilsec com>]

Same thing can be done with cell phones / mobile phones, thus a rouge
"strong cell" in a high traffic area can yield many phone authentication
sequences.  This further leads to profiling by watching which phones go by
everyday and when...

Nick


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Skoronski [mailto:skoronski () ctidata com]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:08 PM
> To: pen-test () securityfocus com
> Subject: Emulating a wireless access point
>
> greetings,
>
>  I have heard about wireless LAN attacks that involve
> 'overpowering'
> or competing with the real Access Point with your own. The
> idea is that the
> clients will automatically switch to your, higher powered AP,
> authenticate,
> and then you can sniff the authentication sequence.


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