8 Wireless Network Pirating
The wireless internet presents users with a whole new set of challenges in preventing black hat attacks. Obviously, the main difference between wireless networks and the wired networks discussed in Chapter 6 is that they’re, well, wireless. Wireless networking uses radio waves to send data between devices, which means that, like the title of the 1981 hit song by Phil Collins, it’s in the air tonight.
Joking aside, the wireless internet can be much easier for adversaries to attack because physical isolation—one of the main ways to defend against attacks on wired networks—won’t work. You can potentially prevent ...
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