Wireless-Network Security : Basics Knowledge, Cryptography, MAC-Layer Security, Best Practices

ISBN-13: 9783639119022 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 136 str.

Günther Lackner

Opis

In recent years, wireless technology has drasticallychanged the way we use computers, creating newpossibilities for consumer electronics to weavethemselves into everyday life. Mobile phones, PDAsand laptops can occupy a substantial part of ourdaily routines, whether we are at home, at work, oron the road. However, along with increased mobilitythis technology has created a number of new securityrisks. This work provides an general overview aboutwireless-network security and additionally a focus onvulnerabilities located on the media access (MAC)layer of IEEE 802.11-based wireless local areanetworks, known as MAC address spoofing. The authorprovides basic knowledge about all involvedcomponents like wireless communication schemes andcryptographic methods. Further on, this book dealswith the detection of MAC address spoofing based onnetwork device fingerprinting. Finally, it providesthe reader with a compact manual for securing IEEE802.11-based wireless networks in home and businessenvironments.

O autorze

Günther Lackner is currently a PhD student working on the topic of
WLAN security. He collaborated in several network-security
related projects during the last years as a member of the
textit{Network Security Group} at the textit{Institute for
Applied Information Processing and Communications} (IAIK) at the
University of Technology Graz.