Archives par mot-clé : WiFi

Slashdot | Because Only Terrorists Use 802.11

Skinnyd writes « Consultants working for the Department of Homeland Security have announced that the Feds view open WiFi as a means of abetting terrorists, and say that they will compel the open wireless operators will have to close off their nets. ‘Homeland Security is putting people in place who will be in a position to say, « If you’re going to get broken into … we’re going to start regulating. »‘ Continuer la lecture de Slashdot | Because Only Terrorists Use 802.11 →

 

Slashdot | WEP Cracking for Mac OS X

Randar the Lava Liza writes « Finally there is a tool to put default Apple AirPort hardware into monitoring mode for wireless security analysis. KisMAC is a variant of Kismet that runs natively on Mac OS X. It requires a special driver to be installed to run the AirPort hardware in monitoring mode, and has built-in WEP cracking tools once enough weak packets have been sniffed. » Continuer la lecture de Slashdot | WEP Cracking for Mac OS X →

 

[802.11b Planet] Setting Up a Real World Hotspot

[via AFrogInTheValley]

Are you thinking about putting up your first hotspot ? If so, you’re probably working hard to learn the basics of the business and technology. You’re reading, talking to vendors and striving to learn all you can about this exploding opportunity. Still, nothing answers questions like real world results. So it makes sense to look at an actual first time hotspot deployment.

Ça me fait penser aux projets Sputnik [Archive.org] ou Dolphin [Archive.org], ou encore NoCat [Archive.org]. Bientôt un projet au Québec, mais quel choix ?

 

Slashdot | Detecting 802.11 Discovery Apps

Joshua Wright writes « I have written a white paper on detecting 802.11 Wireless LAN Network Discovery applications. Wireless LAN discovery through the use of applications such as NetStumbler, DStumbler, Wellenreiter and others is an increasingly popular technique for network penetration. The discovery of a wireless LAN might be used for seemingly innocuous Internet access, or to be used as a « backdoor » into a network to stage an attack. Continuer la lecture de Slashdot | Detecting 802.11 Discovery Apps →