Re: [PEN-TEST] Penetrating Wireless Networks

[Robert Stonehouse <robert.stonehouse () cmsecurenet com>]

There was some interesting information on 802.11 and 802.11b in a brief by
Nikita Borisov, Ian Goldberg, and David Wagner at Berkeley, You can pick up
the information here:
http://www.isaac.cs.berkeley.edu/isaac/wep-faq.html

They also listed an email address for any questions on the brief:
wep () isaac cs berkeley edu

It would appear they are the current authority on the subject.

An interesting response from Cisco as well:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/witc/ao350ap/prodlit/1281_pp.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Knobbe" <FKnobbe () KNOBBEITS COM>
To: <PEN-TEST () SECURITYFOCUS COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 8:23 PM
Subject: [PEN-TEST] Penetrating Wireless Networks


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> Greetings,
>
> I know the technologies are rather new compared to wired networks,
> but does anyone have and pointers for penetration tests of wireless
> networks, 802.11b in particular?
>
> In my opinion, with the advance of wireless networks, this will be a
> very important part of pen tests. Has anyone developed any
> methodologies for such tests? Are there any tools available that
> assist in testing wireless networks? For example, one is able to run
> tcpdump and other goodies on the wireless card just like on regular
> NIC's. However, in order to gain access to the WLAN, one must know
> not only the WEP encryption key (if WEP is used), but also the ESS
> (network identifier), preamble length, and channel number. Are there
> any tools that provide automation of changes for these values (for an
> automated scan)? Are there any tools for 'low-level' 802.11b data
> examination (i.e. preamble checking/display, etc)?
>
> Regards,
> Frank
>
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