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BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security. Secure your wireless networks against attacks, hacks, and intruders with this step-by-step guide

BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security. Secure your wireless networks against attacks, hacks, and intruders with this step-by-step guide

Kevin Cardwell

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Wireless networks are everywhere. You have probably set one up yourself, but have you ever wondered just how safe you are while browsing online? In the majority of cases, the default settings for your networks are not enough to protect you. With your data being transferred over the air, it can be easily plucked and used by anyone who knows how. Don't let it happen to you.BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security will help you secure your wireless networks and keep your personal data safe. With this book, you will learn how to configure your hardware for optimum security, find network security holes, and fix them.BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security looks at what tools hackers use and shows you how to defend yourself against them. Taking you from no prior knowledge all the way to a fully secure environment, this guide provides useful tips every step of the way. Learn how to select a wireless card to work with the Backtrack tools, run spectrum analysis scans using kismet, set up test networks, and perform attacks against wireless networks. Use the tools aircrack-ng and airodump-ng to crack the wireless encryption used on the network.

You will learn everything you need to know to set up your wireless network for use within Backtrack and also how to defend yourself against the included attack tools.
  • BackTrack Testing Wireless Network Security
    • Table of Contents
    • BackTrack Testing Wireless Network Security
    • Credits
    • About the Author
    • About the Reviewers
    • www.PacktPub.com
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        • Why Subscribe?
        • Free Access for Packt account holders
    • Preface
      • What this book covers
      • What you need for this book
      • Who this book is for
      • Conventions
      • Reader feedback
      • Customer support
        • Downloading the example code
        • Errata
        • Piracy
        • Questions
    • 1. Installing and Configuring BackTrack
      • Downloading and configuring BackTrack
      • Installing BackTrack
      • Updating BackTrack
      • Validating the interfaces
      • Customizing Gnome
        • New wave theme
      • Creating a virtual machine
      • Summary
    • 2. Working with the Wireless Card
      • Checking card compatibility
      • Detecting the wireless card during the boot process
      • Detecting the wireless card using iwconfig
      • Configuring the wireless card
      • Wireless card modes
      • Protocol analysis with the network card
      • Summary
    • 3. Surveying Your Wireless Zone
      • Exploring devices
      • Working with tools
      • Using Kismet for access point discovery
      • Discovering hidden access points
      • Summary
    • 4. Breaching Wireless Security
      • Different types of attacks
      • Cracking WEP and WPA
      • Performing an attack using WEP and ChopChop
      • Summary
    • 5. Securing Your Wireless Network
      • Configuring initial wireless security
      • Defending from surveillance
      • Configuring encryption
      • Settings that provide protection from masquerade and rogue AP attacks
      • Summary
    • A. Wireless Tools
    • Index
  • Tytuł: BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security. Secure your wireless networks against attacks, hacks, and intruders with this step-by-step guide
  • Autor: Kevin Cardwell
  • Tytuł oryginału: BackTrack - Testing Wireless Network Security. Secure your wireless networks against attacks, hacks, and intruders with this step-by-step guide
  • ISBN: 9781782164074, 9781782164074
  • Data wydania: 2013-06-25
  • Format: Ebook
  • Identyfikator pozycji: e_3b1o
  • Wydawca: Packt Publishing