RE: Emulating a wireless access point

From: Nicholas de Jong (nick@infilsec.com)
Date: 08/14/01 

From: "Nicholas de Jong" <nick@infilsec.com>
To: <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Subject: RE: Emulating a wireless access point
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 11:18:37 -0400
Message-ID: <OE64qhNPPzQT456UnHA0000567d@hotmail.com>

Same thing can be done with cell phones / mobile phones, thus a rouge
"strong cell" in a high traffic area can yield many phone authentication
sequences. This further leads to profiling by watching which phones go by
everyday and when...

Nick

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Skoronski [mailto:skoronski@ctidata.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 4:08 PM
> To: pen-test@securityfocus.com
> Subject: Emulating a wireless access point
>
> greetings,
>
> I have heard about wireless LAN attacks that involve
> 'overpowering'
> or competing with the real Access Point with your own. The
> idea is that the
> clients will automatically switch to your, higher powered AP,
> authenticate,
> and then you can sniff the authentication sequence.

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