Wednesday, February 4, 2009

UNIT 9 – Hacking Wireless Networks

Textbook: Simpson, Michael T. Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense. Thomson Course Technology, 2006.

Reading:
Textbook –
Chapter 11, pages 269–289 Quiz

Assignments:
Review Questions (RQ):
Chapter 11, pp. 290–292

Hard Drives Required for LAB.

Project
Project Part 1 Submission
Project Part 2 - Use Internet resources to footprint fazzle.com.
Assigned Week 9 & Submission Due Week 10.

Lab(s):
LAB 1: INSTALLING NETSTUMBLER
Perform activity 11-3, pp.285 of your textbook Hands-On Ethical Hacking and Network Defense. After completing the activity, answer the following questions:
1. Based on the information about wireless networks, what can you conclude about the security of the wireless networks within your sensing area?
2. Which tools can you use to break the security of a wireless network?

Evaluation Criteria:
1. Did the students differentiate secured from unsecured networks?
2. Did the students mention Web Cracking Tools or other wireless sniffers?

Lab 2: Attacking the target server.
Based upon last week’s lab, write a report listing the tools you evaluated against the target server.
How did the tools perform?
What information were you able to gather regarding the target server?
What tools (based upon the tools you used) would you want in your tool kit to perform penetration testing?

Deliverables and format: Assignment due at the end of class.
Submit your answer in a Microsoft Word document.
Font: Arial; 11
Line Spacing: Double

Submit each assignment type as a separate attachment (CA1, LABs, RQ)


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