Jamming - correct answer The wireless network is overwhelmed with wireless traffic,
thereby jamming the network.
Service set identifier - correct answer SSID
Beacon - correct answer Used to identify a wireless link
Open Authentication - correct answer Basically a null authentication that can enable
any client to authenticate to an AP
Shared key Authentication - correct answer Both the client and the access point share
a key called a pre-shared key (PSK).
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - correct answer wireless security protocol that
encrypts and decrypts wireless data packets;
Uses RC4 algorithm for encryption but does not use a key management;
Initialization vector is only 24 bits in size and is always static
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) - correct answer improved wireless security protocol
that supports user authentication provided by 802.1x;
Uses RC4 algorithm for encryption;
Provides a key management mechanism via TKIP and file integrity monitoring
, TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) - correct answer security protocol that
generates a sequence of WEP keys based on a master pre-shared key and rekeys
periodically every 10,000 packets
AES (Advance Encryption Standard) - correct answer encryption algorithm used by
WPA2
CCMP (Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code
Protocol) - correct answer key management used by WPA2
LEAP - correct answer A wireless security system used by Cisco
War Drive - correct answer A process in which attackers search for locations with an
open wireless network or a weak wireless network, so that they can gain more access
to collect information or data of connecting users
War Chalking - correct answer This is the next step after war drive, which is to leave
marks or symbols to notify other hackers about the wireless vulnerabilities of the
location.
Probing - correct answer Indicators of repeated attempts to make connections to
certain machines
Signature - correct answer indicators of known attacks
Single sign-on (SSO) - correct answer Using one authentication credential
(token/ticket) to access multiple accounts or applications.
Social Engineering - correct answer A process by which an intruder obtains enough
information from people to gain access to the network
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