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Avinash Bhagat, Lovely Professional University Unit 13: Wireless Networks Security

Unit 13: Wireless Networks Security Notes

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction
13.1 Need of Security
13.2 Security Threats
13.3 Traffic Monitoring
13.3.1 Monitoring Requirements

13.3.2 Additional Equipment
13.4 Unauthorized Access
13.5 Middle Attacks
13.5.1 Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Poisoning

13.6 Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
13.6.1 Types of Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks
13.6.2 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks
13.7 Protective Actions
13.7.1 Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

13.7.2 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
13.7.3 Virtual Private Network (VPN)
13.8 Summary
13.9 Keywords

13.10 Review Questions
13.11 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

z z Discuss the need for security
z z Explain the concept of security threats
z z Describe traffic monitoring
z z Explain unauthorized access

z z Explain middle attacks
z z Describe denial of service
z z Discuss various types of protective actions

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