I see tons of videos dealing with WEP cracking, but actaully none of them teach about how Wifis work. They are just a bunch of commands thrown at the screen. Where can I learn about the inner mechanics of wifis? Can you recommend a website or a book?
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- HowStuffWorks: How WiFi Works
- 6 Steps to Secure Your Home Wireless Network
- SANS paper: How Things Work: WLAN Technologies and Security Mechanisms (PDF)
- Nice SecurityFocus article Coffee shop WiFi (2006)
- WarDrive.net
- Getting deep at SANS
- Breaking WEP Encryption
- WEP Security Called Unreliable, has a paper reference.
And, 10 Tips for Wireless Home Network Security
I skipped the Wikipedia, but you can look it up from these references.
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Any raw in-depth book recommendations for fundamental understanding? – Pacerier Mar 05 '13 at 09:56
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The podcast "Security Now" did a full show about wifi security, you can find the transcript here :
http://www.grc.com/sn/sn-170.htm (in pdf here)
It is very detailed :
Steve: No. No. And there again, AES is a cipher called "Rijndael." TKIP is a protocol. CCMP is the protocol which uses AES. I mean, so my point is...
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1This was a really useful read. Very detailed, but still quite understandable. Steve is really awesome at explaining things. Big thanks for the link! – Ilari Kajaste Sep 02 '09 at 10:59
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If you are looking in a personal sense, I think there are some great answers already posted.
If you are looking in a professional sense, I would recommend looking into CWNP site (http://www.cwnp.com/), which provides a vendor neutral 802.11 certification path.
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