Wi-Fi Network - security and methods of attacks
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34767/SIMIS.2015.18.03Keywords:
Wi-Fi, WEP, WPA/WPA 2, SSID, methods of attack, passive attacks, active attacksAbstract
Wi-Fi is a system of communication designed with an alternative or a complement for traditional cable network. Wireless networks are very common in use. They are used for example to project a home network or a business network. The easiest and the most popular method of network security is a WPA 2 Personal protocol. From the very beginning, there have been a real arms race. New
coverages of the protocols are getting very quickly not actual. Hackers discover new methods of an attack and they show disadvantages of existing solutions. Performing an attack against some network is in general preceded by studying an environment of the aim. Not all attacks
are connected with using a hardware. In some cases, users of a network are the easier aim.
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