[86885] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Wifi Security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (matthew.ford@bt.com)
Mon Nov 21 10:48:14 2005
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:47:25 -0000
From: <matthew.ford@bt.com>
To: <niels=nanog@bakker.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> * steve@telecomplete.co.uk (Stephen J. Wilcox) [Mon 21 Nov=20
> 2005, 16:07 CET]:
> >On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
> >>Why would you even need to set up an AP? Why not just sit=20
> and sniff=20
> >>traffic? Gets you the _exact_ same information.
> >man in the middle is easier if you are the gateway, no need=20
> to steal arp
>=20
> It's *wireless*! You can just sit and sniff traffic, no need to play=20
> ARP games to redirect traffic to you.
*Active* attacks are facilitated by rogue APs and arp spoofing.
Mat.
