Hacking For Beginners – Manthan Desai
2010
6. Wireless hacking
Wireless network refers to any type of computer network which is wireless, and is commonly associated with a networkwhose interconnections between nodes e.g. Laptops, Desktops, Printers etc is implemented without the use of wires.
The popularity in Wireless Technology is driven by two major and cost. A Wireless LocalArea Network (WLAN) allows workers to access digital resources locked to their desks. Mobile users canconnect to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a Wireless (Radio)
Demand for wireless access to LANs is fueled by the growth of devices, such as laptops and personaldigital assistants, and by users’ desire for continuous network physically having to plug into wiredsystems.
For the same reason that WLANs are convenient, their open broadcast infrastructure, they are extremely vulnerable tointrusion and exploitation. Adding a wireless network to an organization’s inter nal LAN may open a backdoor to theexisting wired network.
The IEEE 802.11 standard refers to a specifications for wireless local area networks (WLANs) developed by aworking group of the Institute of Electrical Electronics Engineers (IEEE). This standards effort began in 1989, with thefocus on deployment in large enterprise networking environments, effectively a wireless equivalent to Ethernet. The IEEEaccepted the specification in 1997. Standard 802.11 specifies an over-the-air interface between a mobile device wirelessclient and a base station or between two mobile device wireless clients.
Wireless Standards
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