How to Cheat at Securing a Wireless Network

Summary

This chapter focused on the ins and outs of securing a wide range of wireless access points. We covered:

  • A Unique SSID

  • Disabling the SSID Broadcast

  • Enabling Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)

  • Enabling Wifi Protected Access (WPA)

  • Filtering Clients by MAC Address

This chapter also discussed the necessary steps for configuring a workstation to connect to a secured access point, whether it's running a Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X operating system. The last section in the chapter touched on understanding and configuring 802.1X RADIUS Authentication.

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