WLAN intrusion detection and prevention

All-in-One Guides:Wireless LANs

Chapter 3: WLAN Security

WLAN intrusion detection and prevention

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  • Beyond wireless intrusion detection

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    Tip -  Unauthorized devices pose a threat to every WLAN. Learn wireless intrusion detection and prevention systems can help protect your valuable assets.

  • Using your WIDS to monitor WLAN performance

    School -  "Wireless intrusion detection" -- the very name brings to mind security. But many WIDS products can also be used to monitor WLAN performance, providing valuable insight for trouble-shooting, fine-tuning, and usage planning. This tip explains how to...

  • Recipe for rogue hunting

    School -  Detecting rogues is fairly easy, but eliminating them can be surprisingly tough. This tip describes a methodical rogue hunting process and tools that can help.

  • How to stop a rogue user from circumventing network security

    Tip -  An end user with "super user" access poses a great danger to your network. In this tip, security practitioners share best practices, tools and tactics to monitor and limit user activity, and offer preventative methods to ensure that this scenario does...

  • Signs of WLAN intrusion

    Tip -  In this tip, we discuss how to spot WLAN intrusions.

  • Hacking Wireless Networks For Dummies

    Tip -  This chapter download, "Still at War," covers installing and using network discovery and wardriving tools Kismet and Wellenreiter and discusses wardriving countermeasures.

  • To block or not to block: Rogue containment methods

    School -  Wireless network monitoring systems are quickly moving from detection alone to detection and prevention. In particular, many now provide options to "block" rogue devices, preventing wireless or wired network access. This tip explores how these...

  • Overlay vs. embedded WIDS sensors

    School -  WIDSs rely on sensors to observe and forward traffic summaries to a central analysis server. Overlay WIDS use special-purpose sensors, dedicated to this monitoring task. Embedded WIDS use APs to monitor the WLAN in their spare time. This tip compares...