Re: Tools for Detecting Wireless APs - from the wire side.

From: dcdave (dcdave@att.net)
Date: Fri Jun 14 2002 - 11:22:13 EDT


Of course, most of these tools are available, as are many pertinenent links
and other info at
http://securingwireless.intranets.com
...
dcdave
CSO Infosec Group
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kroma Pierre" <kroma@syss.de>
To: "Isherwood Jeff C Contr AFRL/IFOSS" <Jeffrey.Isherwood@rl.af.mil>
Cc: <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: Tools for Detecting Wireless APs - from the wire side.

> perhaps you can try the following tools:
>
> win:
> - netstumbler: www.netstumbler.com (Orinoco - chipset)
> - apsniff: http://www.bretmounet.com/ApSniff/ (prism2)
>
> linux:
> - kismet: http://www.kismetwireless.net/ (prism2, cisco)
> - wellenreiter: http://www.remote-exploit.org/ (prism2, cisco)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Pierre
>
>
> On Fri, 7 Jun 2002 18:22:13 -0000
> Isherwood Jeff C Contr AFRL/IFOSS <Jeffrey.Isherwood@rl.af.mil> wrote:
>
> > I'm doing some research for a paper on wireless security, and I've been
> > trying to find a decent way for an administrator to probe his network
for
> > APs that might be attached.
> >
> > There seems to be very little out there for this sort of thing.
> >
> > NMAP can recognize a fingerprint of some APs, but not all...
> >
> > ISS can sweep a wire, and report back on any that have SNMP enabled...
> >
> > APTOOLS claims to be capable, but isn't that easy to use or figure out
(for
> > me so far)
> >
> >
> > Is there anything else out there?
> >
>
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