Internet Security College of Engineering & CS Wright State University Dayton, Ohio 45435-0001

Hacking Techniques in Wireless Networks Prabhaker Mateti   Abstract: This article describes IEEE 802.11-specific hacking techniques that attackers have used, and suggests various defensive measures. We describe sniffing, spoofing and probing in the context of wireless networks. We describe how SSIDs can be determined, how a sufficiently large number of frames can be collected so that WEP can be cracked. We show how easy it is to cause denial-of-service through jamming and through forged disassociations and deauthentications. We also explain three man-in-the-middle attacks using wireless networks. We give a list of selected open-source tools. We summarize the activity known as war driving. We conclude the article with several recommendations that will help improve security at a wireless deployment site.   matetiWirelessHacks.ppt This work is supported in part by NSF DUE-9951380.

Table of Contents

1. Educational Objectives
2. Lab Experiment
3. Acknowledgements
4. References

Educational Objectives

Please read the article cited in the Reference section.

Lab Experiment

All work should be carried out in the Operating Systems and Internet Security (OSIS) Lab, 429 Russ.   Use any of the PCs numbered 192.168.17.19 to .30.  No other WSU facilities are allowed. 

Acknowledgements

References

1. Prabhaker Mateti, "Hacking Techniques in Wireless Networks", in "The Handbook of Information Security", Hossein Bidgoli (Editor-in-Chief), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2005.  HTMLized version    MS-Word DOC version  Required reading.