Hack Proofing Your Wireless Network

514 Pages·2002·5.94 MB·English

by  Bautts T.

1YEAR UPGRADE
BUYER PROTECTION PLAN
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Protect Your Wireless Network From Attack
• Complete Coverage of Wireless Standards:IEEE 802.15,
HomeRF,IEEE 802.11,IEEE 802.16,Bluetooth,WEP,and WAP
• Hundreds of Damage & Defense,Tools & Traps,and Notes
Christian Barnes from the Underground Sidebars,Security Alerts,and FAQs
Tony Bautts
• Complete Case Studies:Using Closed Systems,Deploying
Donald Lloyd IP Over the WLAN,Utilizing a VPN,Filtering MAC
Eric Ouellet Addresses,and More!
Jeffrey Posluns
David M. Zendzian
Neal O’Farrell
Technical Editor
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Christian Barnes
Tony Bautts
Donald Lloyd
Eric Ouellet
Jeffrey Posluns
David M. Zendzian
Neal O'Farrell
Technical Editor
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Contributors
Donald Lloyd (CCNA,CCSE,CCSA),co-author of Designing a Wireless
Network (Syngress Publishing,ISBN:1-928994-45-8),is a Senior
Consultant at Lucent Worldwide Services (Enhanced Services and Sales)
and a Regional Leader for their Fixed Wireless Practice. His specialties
include network security architecture and wireless network design,as well
as the implementation of Juniper routers. Donald’s background includes a
successful career with International Network Services,and now Lucent
Technologies.Besides “unwiring”corporate offices,Donald has spent
considerable time designing and deploying secure wireless networks in
remote oil and gas fields.These networks not only carry voice and data
traffic,but also help energy companies monitor the pipelines that carry
these commodities.
David M. Zendzian is CEO and High Programmer with DMZ
Services,Inc.He provides senior IT and security solutions to single
person startups and multi-national corporations “anywhere the Net
touches.”His specialties include large- and small-scale IT and security
designs,deployments,infrastructure audits,and complete managed sup-
port.David’s background includes positions with Wells Fargo Bank as a
Security Consultant where he developed and evaluated platform-specific
security standards,assisted with identification of security risks to applica-
tions,and designed bank interconnectivity projects that required firewalls,
VPNs,and other security devices.He was also a founding partner in one
of the first Internet service providers of South Carolina and founder of
the first wireless ISP in the Carolinas,Air Internet.
David is an active Debian Linux developer who maintains packages
for network audio streaming (icecast,liveice) and the PGP Public
Keyserver (pks).He has provided patches to several projects,most notably
to the Carnegie Mellon Simple Authentication and Security Layer
(SASL).David studied computer science at the oldest municipal college in
America,The College of Charleston in Charleston,SC.He currently lives
in the San Francisco area with his wife,Dana.David would like to thank
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Change and N8 for providing support and critical commentary needed to
finish this work.
Eric Ouellet (CISSP) is a Senior Partner with Secure Systems Design
Group,a network design and security consultancy based in Ottawa,
Ontario,Canada.He specializes in the implementation of networks and
security infrastructures from both a design and a hands-on perspective.
Over his career,he has been responsible for designing,installing,and trou-
bleshooting WANs using CISCO,Nortel,and Alcatel equipment,config-
ured to support voice,data,and video conferencing services over
terrestrial,satellite relay,wireless,and trusted communication links.Eric
has also been responsible for designing some of the leading Public Key
Infrastructure deployments currently in use and for devising operational
policy and procedures to meet the Electronic Signature Act (E-Sign) and
the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).He has
provided his services to financial,commercial,government,and military
customers including US Federal Government,Canadian Federal
Government,and NATO.He regularly speaks at leading security confer-
ences and teaches networking and CISSP classes.He is currently working
on two upcoming titles with Syngress Publishing,Building a Cisco Wireless
LAN (ISBN:1-928994-58-X) and Sniffer Network Optimization and
Troubleshooting Handbook (ISBN:1-931836-57-4).Eric would like to
acknowledge the understanding and support of his family and friends
during the writing of this book,and “The Boys”for being who they are.
Christian Barnes (CCNP,CCDA,MCSE,MCP+I,CNA,A+) is a
member of the Consulting Staff at Lucent Worldwide Services (Enhanced
Services and Sales).He is a contributing author to Designing a Wireless
Network (Syngress Publishing,ISBN:1-928994-45-8) and he currently
provides technical consultation to clients in the South Central Region for
Lucent Technologies.His areas of expertise include Cisco routers and
switches,wide area network architecture,troubleshooting and optimiza-
tion,network security,wireless access,and Microsoft NT and 2000 net-
working design and support.Chris has worked with clients such as Birch
Telecom,Williams Energy,and the Cerner Corporation.
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Randy Hiser is a Senior Network Engineer for Sprint’s Research,
Architecture and Design Group,with design responsibilities for home dis-
tribution and DSL self-installation services for Sprint’s Integrated On
Demand Network.He is knowledgeable in the area of multimedia ser-
vices and emerging technologies,has installed and operated fixed wireless
MMDS facilities in the Middle East,and has patented network communi-
cation device identification in a communication network for Sprint.He
lives with his wife,Deborah,and their children,Erin,Ryan,Megan,Jesse,
and Emily,in Overland Park,KS.
Andy McCullough (BSEE,CCNA,CCDA) has been in network con-
sulting for over seven years.He is currently a Distinguished Member of
the Consulting Staff at Lucent Worldwide Services (Enhanced Services
and Sales).Andy has done architecture and design work for several global
customers of Lucent Technologies including Level 3 Communications,
Sprint,MCI/WorldCom,the London Stock Exchange,and British
Telecom.His areas of expertise include network architecture and design,
IP routing and switching,and IP multicast.Prior to working for Lucent,
Andy ran a consulting company and a regional ISP.
Andy is co-author of Building Cisco Remote Access Networks (Syngress
Publishing,ISBN:1-928994-13-X).He is also an Assistant Professor at a
community college in Overland Park,KS,where he teaches networking
classes.
Tony Bautts is a Senior Security Consultant with Astech Consulting.He
currently provides security advice and architecture for clients in the San
Francisco Bay area.His specialties include intrusion detection systems,
firewall design and integration,post-intrusion forensics,bastion hosting,
and secure infrastructure design.Tony’s security experience has led him to
work with Fortune 500 companies in the United States as well as two
years of security consulting in Japan.He is also involved with the
BerkeleyWireless.net project,which is working to build neighborhood
wireless networks for residents of Berkeley,CA.
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