Security isn't thin

 

 

ITS LARGE

    LOUD AND

      FAT

<--------------On the job!!!!!!!

 

 


 

802.11 Page

I can't believe its still happening - I really can't
I turn up to a presentation and hear
" I am a partner at XYZ consultancy - I don't know much
802.11 security but I'd like to share some ideas with you "

What!!!!! The person who hasn't read any books on 802.11
Sit any exams about firewalls IDS PKI etc
( or by the sounds of it computers!!! ), wants to
tell us (the daft buggers who bought the book and done the time)
how it should work
The Info sec industry is struggling as it is!!!

For this gent and the audience he confused I wrote this summary

read this

 

WIDZV1.8 - the Wireless IDS for 802.11b

This now works well !!!and
has loads of new funtcions. Detects Rogue APs and Monkey-jacks. Null probes , floods has a Mac Backlist and ESSID blacklist so we can catch the obvious badguys - there's even a sad attempt at a gui!!! Anything to keep popular

 

 

The London Wireless Hacker Survey

To my knowledge this was the First and Best Proper survey ever conducted in the UK - not just sad arse doing a war drive with a couple of tanked up journos. Based on science, not hype

* You heard about it on the Radio
* you saw it on telly
* You heard civil liberty groups bleat
*and various governments demanding a copy


like me its a bit old but its worth reading what started all the fuss

 

WIDZV1.5 - the Wireless 802.11b IDS

the first non-mac based wireless IDS

 

 

Wireless IDS detection

This highlights the techniques and tips learnt with WIDZ Version 1. It outlines how to detect hostile traffic on 802.11 and is the blueprint for widz version 2

 

 

Wireless Authentication

Big words and acronyyyyymnns explained

 

 

The 802.11 Honey Pot

Discuss the design of our wireless honeypot

 

Me on the Telly

Hi Mum

 

 

802.11 - The Exposures Demonstrated

I worked long and hard on this and I'm chuffed. This isn't one of those theoretical chin-stroking papers, it shows you how exposed you are by actually hacking a network.

 

Wireless Networks - Throwing Cash out the door

Very simple article which will get your bosses attention

 

Wireless TopTips

this years Good Practice Guide

 

802.11 & Fatbloke


in the Media

 

CW

 

 

Bugtraq

Sad isn't it but I haven't done anything famous in a couple of years
At least since I became a loud-fat-bloke

 

Silicon

 

 

Beeb

 

 

LINKS

 

 

VERY VERY IMPORANT

If you don't know about this + fata jack
You are in trouble

 

Newsham Wireless LANs

Stuff

 

some stuff

Linux Prism2 drivers i.e. wlan-ng and mods for ethereal

 

802.11 Drivers

Everything you need to know about Wireless on linux

A most excellent resource - Please be aware that many hours can be wasted getting these things working

The best I used was the Host_Ap driver by Malinen

 

Airsnare

a 802.11 IDS which isnt WIDZ
Mac based IDS

 

WIDS

a 802.11 IDS which isnt WIDZ but is WIDS
Great code by e-chum Numero-6 - It has a builtin decrypter and multi-threading

 

Isomair 802.11 IDS

Isomair Commercial IDS

 

RED-M

802.11 Commercial IDS and access control

 

Airdefence 802.11 IDS

Commercial IDS

AirdefenSe or AirdefenCe