Question 5: Wireless Network Survey As a consultant with the VIU Consulting Co.,

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Question 5: Wireless Network Survey

As a consultant with the VIU Consulting Co., you have been asked to perform a wireless access point survey at the local Software Company offices. Software Company is concerned that there may be rogue (unauthorized) Wi-Fi access points in use in their company.

Check on Internet and find at least three tools you will use to look for a rogue access points?

List at least two pros and two cons of using these tools?

Please provide me one page answer 900 words answer

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Answer: Available tools:

1)Distributed Wireless Security Auditor: IBM's Distributed Wireless Security Auditor uses authorised wireless clients as sensors to detect rogue or unauthorised APs. Distributed Wireless Security Auditor uses clients as sensors, running a Linux program that sniffs out APs and sends that information back to a database installed on a notebook or PC. The database matches sniffed APs with a list of authorized devices, pinpointing rogues or intruders.

Pros:

2) AirDefense security:
This tool is available as either a portable walk-around sniffer or a networked system. The networked system requires installation of dedicated APs around a building perimeter to constantly monitor wireless traffic. These APs report sniffing results back to a central database, which contains a list of authorized APs.

Pros:

Cons:

3) AirMagnet:

This suite of tools operating on a Pocket PC sniffs out rogue APs and intruders who use NetStumbler,a free Windows utility that can be used by drive-by snoopers to exploit unsecured APs.AirMagnet Handheld also functions as a spectrum analyzer and wireless network management tool.

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Hope it makes sense.

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