Wireless Security

Question 1

Jamming

Answer 1

Wireless network overwhelmed with traffic

Question 2

SSID

Answer 2

Service Set Identifier

Question 3

Open Key

Answer 3

Authentication to WiFi if any client knows correct SSID

Question 4

Shared Key

Answer 4

Authentication where client and access point share a pre-shard key

Question 5

PSK

Answer 5

Pre-Shared Key

Question 6

WEP

Answer 6

Wired Equivalent Privacy
Encrypts and decrypts wireless data packets
RC4 encryption algorithm
Weak security system

Question 7

WPA

Answer 7

Wi-Fi Protected Access
RC4 encryption algorithm
TKIP

Question 8

TKIP

Answer 8

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol

Generates sequence of WEP keys, rekeys every 10,000 packets, uses integrity value to ensure packets aren’t tampered with

Question 9

WPA2

Answer 9

Wi-Fi Protected Access Two
AES for encryption
CCMP for key management

Question 10

AES

Answer 10

Advance Encryption Standard

Question 11

CCMP

Answer 11

Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol

Question 12

EAP

Answer 12

Extensible Authentication Protocol

Question 13

War Drive

Answer 13

Attackers search for locations with open wireless network to collect user data

Question 14

War Chalk

Answer 14

Marks left for other hackers about the wireless vulnerabilities

Question 15

BlueJacking

Answer 15

Sends unsolicited messages to other Bluetooth devices

Question 16

Bluesnarfing

Answer 16

Unauthorized access to obtain information on the device