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The definitive guide to penetrating and defending wireless networks. Straight from the field, this is the definitive guide to hacking wireless networks. Authored by world-renowned wireless security auditors, this hands-on, practical guide covers everything you need to attack -- or protect -- any wireless network. The authors introduce the 'battlefield,' exposing today's 'wide open' 802.11 wireless networks and their attackers. One step at a time, you'll master the attacker's entire arsenal of hardware and software tools: crucial knowledge for crackers and auditors alike. Next, you'll learn systematic countermeasures for building hardened wireless 'citadels including cryptography-based techniques, authentication, wireless VPNs, intrusion detection, and more. Coverage includes: *Step-by-step walkthroughs and explanations of typical attacks *Building wireless hacking/auditing toolkit: detailed recommendations, ranging from discovery tools to chipsets and antennas *Wardriving: network mapping and site surveying *Potential weaknesses in current and emerging standards, including 802.1 1i, PPTP, and IPSec *Implementing strong, multilayered defenses *Wireless IDS: why attackers aren't as untraceable as they think *Wireless hacking and the law: what's legal, what isn't If you're a hacker or security auditor, this book will get you in. If you're a netadmin, sysadmin, consultant, or home user, it will keep everyone else out.Product Identifiers
PublisherPearson Education (Us)
ISBN-139780321202178
eBay Product ID (ePID)90902083
Product Key Features
Number of Pages592 Pages
Publication NameWi-Foo: the Secrets of Wireless Hacking
LanguageEnglish
SubjectComputer Science
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
AuthorAndrew Vladimirov, Andrei A. Mikhailovsky, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height234 mm
Item Weight1080 g
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorAndrew Vladimirov, Andrei A. Mikhailovsky, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko