Wireless Security Handbook examines wireless from multiple perspectives, including those of an auditor, security architect, and hacker.

Features:

• Provides a well-rounded overview of wireless network security
• Describes wireless physical layer technologies and management frames
• Covers the wireless deployment process, access points, and antenna theory
• Reviews the various 802.11 LAN standards as well as those of Personal Area Network (PAN) 802.15
• Examines wide area wireless technologies and standards including cell phone, GPS, 802.16 Air Interface, and 802.20
• Discusses aspects of wireless LAN security such as authentication, SSID, WEP, 802.1x, RADIUS, and more
• Analyzes scanning, sniffing, hybrid, denial-of-service, cracking, and access point attacking tools

Contents

Wireless Network Overview

• RF Overview
• Wireless Signal Propagation
• Signal-to-Noise Ratio
• Modulation
• Wireless Groups

Risks and Threats of Wireless

• Goals of Information Security
• Analysis
• Spoofing
• Denial of Service
• Malicious Code
• Social Engineering
• Rogue Access Points
• Cell Phone Security
• Wireless Hacking and Hackers
• RFID

The Legality of Computer Crime

• Electronic Communications Privacy Act
• Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
• State Computer Crime Issues

Wireless Physical Layer Technologies

• ISM Spectrum
• Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS)
• Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS)
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

Wireless Management Frames

• Beacon
• Probe Request
• Probe Response
• Authentication
• Association Request
• Association Response
• Disassociation and De-Authentication
• CSMA/CA
• Fragmentation
• Distributed Coordination Function
• Point Coordination Function
• Interframe Spacing
• Service Set Identifier (SSID)

Wireless Local and Personal Area Networks

• Ad Hoc Mode
• Infrastructure Mode
• Bridging
• Repeater
• Mesh Wireless Networks
• Local Area Networking Standards
• Personal Area Network (PAN) 802.15

Wide Area Wireless Technologies

• Cell Phone Technologies
• GPS
• 802.16 Air Interface Standard
• 802.20 Standard

Wireless Antenna Theory

• RF Antenna Overview
• Fresnel Zone
• Antenna Types
• Connectors

The Wireless Deployment Process

• Gather Requirements
• Estimation
• Make the Business Case
• Site Survey
• Design
• Staging
• Deployment and Installation
• Certification
• Audit

Wireless Access Points

• Linksys Access Points
• Cisco Access Points

Wireless End Devices

• Laptops
• Tablets
• PDA Devices
• Handheld Scanners
• Smart Phones
• Wi-Fi Phones

Wireless LAN Security

• Wireless LAN Security History
• Authentication
• SSID
• Wireless Security Basics
• Equivalent Privacy Standard (WEP)
• 802.1x
• Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
• Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
• 802.11i
• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA2)
• WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI)
• Rogue Access Points Detection

Breaking Wireless Security

• The Hacking Process
• Wireless Network Compromising Techniques
• Access Point Compromising Techniques

Wireless Security Policy

• Policy Overview
• The Policy-Writing Process
• Risk Assessment
• Impact Analysis
• Wireless Security Policy Areas

Wireless Security Architectures

• Static WEP Wireless Architecture
• VPN
• Wireless VPN Architecture Overview
• VPN Policy Aspect
• Wireless Gateway Systems
• 802.1x
• Comparing Wireless Security Architectures

Wireless Tools

• Scanning Tools
• Sniffing Tools
• Hybrid Tools
• Denial-of-Service Tools
• Cracking Tools
• Access Point Attacking Tools
• Other Wireless Security Tools

Index

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