BackTrack 5 wireless penetration testing - Vivek Ramachandran

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Title
BackTrack 5 wireless penetration testing - beginner's guide : master bleeding edge wireless testing techniques with BackTrack 5
Author
Vivek Ramachandran
format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Packt Publishing
Language
English
UK Publication Date
20110916

Wireless has become ubiquitous in todays world. The mobility and flexibility provided by it makes our lives more comfortable and productive. But this comes at a cost
Wireless technologies are inherently insecure and can be easily broken. BackTrack is a penetration testing and security auditing distribution that comes with a myriad of wireless networking tools used to simulate network attacks and detect security loopholes.

Backtrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginners Guide will take you through the journey of becoming a Wireless hacker. You will learn various wireless testing methodologies taught using live examples, which you will implement throughout this book. The engaging practical sessions very gradually grow in complexity giving you enough time to ramp up before you get to advanced wireless attacks.

This book will take you through the basic concepts in Wireless and creating a lab environment for your experiments to the business of different lab sessions in wireless security basics, slowly turn on the heat and move to more complicated scenarios, and finally end your journey by conducting bleeding edge wireless attacks in your lab.

There are many interesting and new things that you will learn in this book
War Driving, WLAN packet sniffing, Network Scanning, Circumventing hidden SSIDs and MAC filters, bypassing Shared Authentication, Cracking WEP and WPA/WPA2 encryption, Access Point MAC spoofing, Rogue Devices, Evil Twins, Denial of Service attacks, Viral SSIDs, Honeypot and Hotspot attacks, Caffe Latte WEP Attack, Man-in-the-Middle attacks, Evading Wireless Intrusion Prevention systems and a bunch of other cutting edge wireless attacks.

If you were ever curious about what wireless security and hacking was all about, then this book will get you started by providing you with the knowledge and practical know-how to become a wireless hacker.

Hands-on practical guide with a step-by-step approach to help you get started immediately with Wireless Penetration Testing

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Type
BOOK
Edition
New edition
Keyword Index
Wireless communication systems - Security measures.
Country of Publication
England
Number of Pages
207

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