Wireless SOHO Security

Question 1

What is the process of prepping a device to be added to a network?

Answer 1

Update firmware
Change default admin password
Change default SSID
Disable SSID (if required)
Disable unused/unnecessary services and ports
If necessary, enable port forwarding
Firewall Settings

Question 2

What is Port Forwarding?

Answer 2

Port forwarding is a networking technique that allows a computer or network device to redirect specific network traffic from one port to another.

Question 3

What is WPA + TKIP

Answer 3

WEAK, obsolete

Wi-Fi Protected Access + Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. TKIP provides per-packet key mixing a message integrity and re-keying mechanism

Question 4

What is WEP + RC4

Answer 4

WEAK, obsolete

WEP uses a stream-cipher known as RC4 in synchronous mode for encrypting data packets.

Question 5

What is WPA2 + AES/CCMP

Answer 5

Most Common, what should be used at least.

Offers Advanced Encryption Standard combined with CCMP

Question 6

What is WPA3 + AES/SAE

Answer 6

Currently the strongest authentication tech

Most hands off option

Question 7

What is WPS + PIN Code/push button

Answer 7

WEAK

Requires a physical input from the user to authenticate.

Question 8

What are three remote access technologies?

Answer 8

RADIUS
- What is used to authenticate remote clients trying to join an enterprise level network via machine generated passwords
802.1X
- Port based Authentication used in conjunction with RADIUS
TACACS+
- Similar to RADIUS, but secures the whole system. CISCO tech.

Question 9

What is “PSK” in the context of WPA2-PSK

Answer 9

Means that a password will be required