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Chapter 5 - Protecting Wireless Networks Flashcards

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Rene

Which standard defines wireless LANs transmitting at 1Mbps or 2Mbps bandwidths using 2.4 GHz frequency Spectrum

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page 169

802.11

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Which standard provides for security enhancements to the wireless standard with particular focus on authentication. The standard is often referenced as WPA2.

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802.11i

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What wireless protocol was implemented in a number of wireless devices, including smartphones and other mobile devices?

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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

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Which Protocol uses a smaller version of HTML called WML, which is used for Internet displays?

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Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

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What provides an encrypted and authenticated connection between a wireless client and a server?

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Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)

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What is Anonymous Authentication?

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page 174

This allows virtually anyone to connect to the wireless portal

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What is Server Authentication?

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This requires the workstation to authenticate against the server.

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What is 2-way Authentication?

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This requires both ends of the connection (client and server) to authenticate to confirm validity

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Which Protocol provide services similar to TCP and UDP for WAP?

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Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP)

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What are the technologies used to provide services between devices?

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  • Wireless Session Protocol (WSP) - manages the session information and connection between devices.
  • Wireless Transaction Protocol (WTP) - provides services similar to TCP & UDP for WAP.
  • Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) is the security layer of WAP
  • Wireless Datagram Protocol (WDP) - provides the common interface between devices
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What are captive Portals?

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page 180

Require users to agree to some condition before they use the network or Internet.

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What does NIST recommend that VPN use for validated encryption algorithms?

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Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)

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What are the five EAP types adopted by the WPA/WPA2 standard?

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  • EAP-TLS
  • EAP-PSK
  • EAP-MD5
  • LEAP
  • PEAP
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What technology that requires a user to bring the client close to the AP in order to verify that the device is present?

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page 182

Near Field Communications (NFC)

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What is LEAP?

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Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) was created by Cisco as an extension to EAP, but it’s being phased out in favor of PEAP.
It lacks native Windows support

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What is PEAP?

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Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP)
Cisco, RSA and Microsoft worked together to create PEAP,

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What is War Driving?

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page 185

Refers to driving around town with a laptop looking for APs to communicate with.

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What is War Chalking?

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page 185

Involves those who discover a way into the network leaving signals on, or outside.

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What is an Evil Twin Attack?

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page186
Is where a rogue Wireless Access Point poses as a legitimate wireless service provider to information that users transmit.

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What is Bluesnarfing?

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page 187

Gaining unauthorized access through a Bluetooth connection

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What is Bluejacking?

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page 187

Sending if unsolicited messages (think spam) over a Bluejacking connection.

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What are some of the “Sandwich Shop Attack”?

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page 188

  • Rogue Access Point
  • Jamming
  • Interference
  • Bluejacking
  • Evil Twin
  • Replay Attack
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Rene

What is CCMP?

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page 172
Counter mode with Cipher block chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (CCMP)
Uses a 128-bit AES encryption with 48-bit initialization vector.

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Rene

Where do you go to change the Order of Preferred Networks?

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page 179

Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing > Manage Wireless Networks

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Rene

What is cloaking?

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page 183

turning off the SSID broadcast

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