[PLUG] More on WiFi Security
Rich Shepard
rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Wed Jun 30 18:21:02 UTC 2004
As it turns out, this week's Linux Journal newsletter has a useful tip for
testing the security of a WAP set up to allow access only to specific MACs.
I thought I'd pass this on for those who didn't see the original.
Rich
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Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
<http://www.appl-ecosys.com>
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Tech Tip
If you have configured your wireless access point to allow only your own
systems to connect, you can test your configuration without borrowing a
forbidden card. Use the hw ether command-line argument to ifconfig to set
your wireless card to a different MAC address. An example script using
this technique can be seen here: http://yak.net/fqa/327.html.
The script shows that it's important not to rely only on MAC address
checking to secure your wireless network, because an informed attacker
can spoof an allowed MAC address.
More information is available on the ifconfig man page.
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