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Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i
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Real 802.11 Security: Wi-Fi Protected Access and 802.11i

by Jon Edney, William A. Arbaugh
July 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
480 pages
12h 4m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 16. Actual Attack Tools

 

Therefore, against those skilled in attack, an enemy does not know where to defend; against the experts in defense, the enemy does not know where to attack.

Therefore I say: 'Know the enemy but know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril.'

 
 --Sun Tzu, The Art of War

This chapter looks in detail at several tools, available on the Internet, that hackers can use to attack Wi-Fi networks. Most are UNIX based and require the ability to compile (and sometimes tweak) the tool. However, more are becoming available for Microsoft Windows all the time. We explain where to get the tools, what they do, and how to use them. Some people might feel uncomfortable about our publicizing these tools and explaining ...

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