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BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner's Guide Master bleeding edge wireless testing techniques with BackTrack 5.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2011
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849515580
Length 220 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Vivek Ramachandran Vivek Ramachandran
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BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Wireless Lab Setup FREE CHAPTER 2. WLAN and Its Inherent Insecurities 3. Bypassing WLAN Authentication 4. WLAN Encryption Flaws 5. Attacks on the WLANInfrastructure 6. Attacking the Client 7. Advanced WLAN Attacks 8. Attacking WPA-Enterprise and RADIUS 9. WLAN Penetration Testing Methodology Conclusion and Road Ahead Pop Quiz Answers Index

Default accounts and credentials on the access point


WLAN access points are the core building blocks of the infrastructure. Even though they play such an important role, they are sometimes the most neglected in terms of security. In this exercise, we will check if the default passwords have been changed on the access point or not. Then we will go on to verify that even if the passwords have been changed, they are still easy to guess and crack using a dictionary-based attack.

It is important to note that as we move on into more advanced chapters, it will be assumed that you have gone through the previous chapters and are now familiar with the use of all the tools discussed there. This will allow us to build on that knowledge and try more complicated attacks!

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