Basic knowledge of wireless attacks (I)

In our industry full of terminology, it is very difficult to clear wireless attacks around you and their potential commercial impact. This tip provides a list of measures to prevent 802.11 and 802.1X attacks. The list lists attack methods and tools by threat type, in this way, we can clarify the chaos and disorder.

Access control attack
These attacks use wireless networks or bypass access control methods of Wireless LAN, such as ap mac filter and 802.1X port access control, and attempt to penetrate the network.

Confidentiality attack
These attacks attempt to intercept private information sent by wireless organizations, whether in plaintext or encrypted form, through 802.11 or high-level protocols.



Integrity attack
These attacks mislead the recipient or push other types of attacks (such as denial-of-service attacks) by sending forged control, management, or data frames wirelessly ).

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