-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Using MAC filtering to protect a wireless network only presents an obstacle, not absolute security as it would imply. It'll keep casual wardrivers and what not away but for someone determined to get in, it's just another hoop to jump through. Look into using a radius server for authentication...
- -----Original Message----- From: Rory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 3:23 PM To: netsec novice Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Network scanning for the wireless stuff I would just do mac filtering, any host that is not in the list of mac address is not allowed to join the wireless network. Of course the network traffic can still be sniffed using any laptop but you can just encrypt the traffic over wireless as you suggested. The mac filtering is something easy to setup and makes sure you don't end up handing out access to the network to some dude out in in the parking lot. AS for the other stuff i'm not too sure as SNMP is not something I have used, running a snort box in the network checking for scanning activity is also a good precaution that way you are also guarding against any unhappy employee's looking to make your job harder. On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, netsec novice wrote: > Are there tools out there that would allow system administrators to be > notified when a new workstation attaches to a network? I'm thinking both > wireless and ethernet in this case. SNMP maybe? I am in a credit union > environment and my concern is that someone would be able to steal an > existing jack or a jack that is not physically protected but live and be > able to capture traffic or do reconaissance. We don't have Wireless access > at this point but may look to it in the future. My only thought in that > case would be to encrypt all traffic since wireless security is a bit scary > at this point. Any ideas? > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - --- > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ---- > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - --- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ---- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 iQA/AwUBPzLmaQQXodFMLSObEQJ7wgCg126aUfvnzPEpGmPHbTP0t8/1iWgAn2cp Li3HJwFuDxtM3Sv42doxWKnl =h3HJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
