5. Securing Wireless Client Devices
Two major threats to wireless client devices are (1) loss or theft, and (2) compromise. Many of us store our confidential and proprietary information in our Laptops and PDAs, loss or theft of such kind of devices may cause the organization to be in violation of privacy regulations involving the disclosure of personal identifying information it has collected from third parties. Another threat to wireless client devices is that they can be compromised so that an attacker can access sensitive information stored on the device or use it to obtain unauthorized access to other system resources.
6. Securing Wireless Networks
6.1 Use of Encryption
The best way for securing the wireless networks from hackers or
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The user has to turn off the broadcast the information if the user is not present. Hackers can use identifier broadcasting to home in on vulnerable wireless networks. Disable the identifier broadcasting mechanism if your wireless router allows it.
6.4 Change the identifier on your router from the default
By default the router comes with standard ID assigned by the manufacture of the hardware of the router. Suppose even if the router is not broadcasting the SSID the hackers can compromise the network by using the default IDs and can access the network. So try to change the SSID to something which you can remember easily and configure your computer to connect to it. Use a password which is alphanumeric which cannot be easier for the hacker to break.
6.5 Change your router’s pre-set password for administration
Like changing the identifier of the router we have to change the default password of the router, which allows us to setup and configure the router. Hackers can easily guess the default password and able to compromise the system. The tougher the password, the harder it’ll be for the hacker to crack it.
6.6 Allow only specific computers to access your wireless network
Computers can able to communicate with any network with a unique Media Access Control (MAC) address. The routers have a mechanism to allow or connect only the devices which have a particular MAC address. Some hackers can also spoof MAC address.
6.7 Turn off your wireless
There are many different vendors providing various WIPS systems or more complex security solutions all in one. All of them provide the most important feature from the WIPS attack discovery options, to detect rogue access points and unauthorized connections, client devices and ad hoc networks. One of them is Cisco Adaptive Wireless IPS, this uses a network controlled system (NCS) that generates flags as rogue
Wifi-AP use a Share password is very dangerous. For example, if the wireless network connected to the company's internal resources, then the password leak is very troublesome, user complained is change wifi-ap password.
In general, wireless routers control access to their management interface by using the hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) as the default authentication protocol. In other words, when you connect to your wireless router from a web browser (typically http://192.168.1.1), and then submit your login credentials, the HTTP protocol is used to transmit your login credentials to the router. Because HTTP does not provide encryption, your login credentials are sent to the router over the air in clear-text. In this case, an attacker eavesdropping on your WLAN would be able to capture this information and use it to access the router as an administrator. Once your router is compromised an attacker can then use it to stage attacks such as man-in-the-middle (MITM), modify unencrypted data, or even send users to evil twin websites.
The network level security will form the relationships of authentication, encryption and authorization for the wireless network and its connectivity between wireless clients to the internal network. Some recommendations are:
Authentication: 802.11 defines authentication services to control LAN access to a level equal to a wired link because wireless LANs have limited physical security to prevent unauthorized access. Every station, whether part of an independent BSS or an ESS network, have to use the authentication service prior to establishing a connection with another station with which it wishes
To improve security, the Wi-Fi uses various built-in WEP encryption technologies to prevent attacks from
The latest wireless security protocol out today is WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) this protocol is considered the most secure wireless protocol available. WPA2 is used to encrypt your data by prompting a user to enter a password for each device attempting to log on to your network. Most modern routers on the market today are equipped with this protocol. Other measures you can take to keep the information on your network safe would be to implement MAC filtering, this will only allow devices with a registered MAC address to be on your network. Enabling a VPN is another useful method to add extra security and privacy to your network. If I were to purchase a router for myself I would purchase the Netgear AC1200 smart router, it is relatively affordable with a cost of $76.45. It offers a dual-band setup, a USB port and a variety of management
Routers will have firewalls on them checking whether or not the information coming onto the network is allowed.
Users that have a wireless LAN should add security to ensure only intended users have access. Some safeguards include use of WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encryption, IPsec, WPA (WiFi Protected Access), with a firewall or DMZ. A DMZ (demilitarized zone) is a physical or logical sub-network that separates the LAN from other entrusted networks
The WPA2-Enterprise mode provides the security needed for wireless networks in business environments. Though more complicated to set up, it offers individualized and centralized control over access to your Wi-Fi network. Users are assigned login credentials they must present when connecting to the network, which can be modified or revoked by administrators at any time.
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