CanSecWest: Security Masters Dojo Vancouver
Practical 802.11 WiFi (In)Security
Instructor:
Cédric Blancher
<sid@rstack.org> (EADS CRC)
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Description
Wireless LANs are now widely deployed and have often introduced an explosion of security issues and unique vulnerabilities. Despite nowadays security means, it still appears a lot of available wireless networks not being properly secured.
This dojo training will bring you up to date with most advanced Wi-Fi security technologies, providing detailed, up to date, in-depth knowledge. Mixing both lecture and hands-on, it offers a practical approach of Wi-Fi security, learning and practising security assessment and deployment for wireless networks.
At the end of this course, you will be able to integrate secure wireless environments in your existing infrastructure and assess Wi-Fi networks security.
PREREQUISITE WARNING Each class has prerequisites for software loads and a laptop is mandatory. These individual class guides will list material the students are expected have knowledge about coming in and software tools that need to be pre-installed before attending so you get the maximum benefit from the focused intermediate or advanced level course. Please pay particular attention to the prerequisites, as the material listed there will not be reviewed in the courses, and will be necessary to get the maximum benefit out of these educational programs.
Topics
- Quick Wi-Fi basics wrapup
- Assessing Wi-Fi networks security
- Wi-Fi networks enumeration technics and tools
- Security features analysis
- Weaknesses
- Intrinsic weaknesses, basic tricks
- WEP cracking fundamentals and technics
- Applied malicious traffic injection
- Targeting Wi-Fi clients
- Wireless networks pentesting methodology
- Building secure Wi-Fi networks
- Wi-Fi security features
- 802.1x authentication
- Wi-Fi Protected Access
- IEEE 802.11i/WPA2
- Wi-Fi Protected Setup
- Wi-Fi network integration w/ network architectures
- Roadmap and key points
Prerequisites
- Network security experience (Ethernet, TCP/IP)
- 802.11 experience will help
- Understanding Python programming would be a bonus
Prerequisite material
Practical exercices will require Backtrack v2 Stable Release live CDROM. Therefore, each student must bring his own laptop running this live distribution properly and be equipped with an injection capable wireless adapter (Atheros based adapter strongly advised).
