MAC filtering: This is like handing a security guard a pad of paper with a list of names. Then when someone comes up to the door and wants entry, the security guard looks at the person's name tag and compares it to his list of names and determines whether to open the door or not. Do you see a problem here? All someone needs to do is watch an authorized person go in and forge a name tag with that person's name. The comparison to a wireless LAN here is that the name tag is the MAC address. The MAC address is just a 12 digit long HEX number that can be viewed in clear text with a sniffer. A sniffer to a hacker is like a hammer to a carpenter except the sniffer is free. Once the MAC address is seen in the clear, it takes about 10 seconds to cut-paste a legitimate MAC address in to the wireless Ethernet adapter settings and the whole scheme is defeated. MAC filtering is absolutely worthless since it is one of the easiest schemes to attack. The shocking thing is that so many large organizations still waste the time to implement these things. The bottom line is, MAC filtering takes the most effort to manage with zero ROI (return on investment) in terms of security gain.
SSID hiding: There is no such thing as "SSID hiding". You're only hiding SSID beaconing on the Access Point. There are 4 other mechanisms that also broadcast the SSID over the 2.4 or 5 GHz spectrum. The 4 mechanisms are; probe requests, probe responses, association requests, and re-association requests. Essentially, youre talking about hiding 1 of 5 SSID broadcast mechanisms. Nothing is hidden and all youve achieved is cause problems for Wi-Fi roaming when a client jumps from AP to AP. Hidden SSIDs also makes wireless LANs less user friendly. You dont need to take my word for it. Just ask Robert Moskowitz who is the Senior Technical Director of ICSA Labs in his white paper Debunking the myth of SSID hiding.
LEAP authentication: The use of Cisco LEAP authentication continues to be the single biggest mistake that corporations make with their wireless LAN because they leave themselves wide open to attack. Cisco still tells their customers that LEAP is fine so long as strong passwords are used. The problem is that strong passwords are an impossibility for humans to deal with. If you doubt this, try a password audit of all the users in your organization and see how long it takes to crack 99% of all passwords. 99% of organizations will flunk any password audit for most of their users within hours. Any attempt to enforce strong passwords will result in
final move in my military career. According to Clark (2014), "job security these days is a complete myth; many companies lay off their employees in droves by the thousand". Many people tend to stay on the same job or position for years, instead they should consider the possibilities to strive for a better job and move ahead with the next level in their careers if they don't want to become another statistic. For that reason security and job progression are on the top of my list of things to consider…
White Paper IPv6 Security Brief Last Updated: October 2011 Introduction This brief paper summarizes the known threats and mitigation techniques for IPv6. Little explanation is given as it is assumed that the reader is familiar with IPv6 and with network security. A couple of "security myths" are debunked: reconnaissance is impossible and IPv6 is more secure thanks to IP Security (IPSec). IPv6 is shown as being roughly as secure as IPv4 (some aspects being more secure, some less secure) with a short-term…
everyday on the news. Although more numerous in cities, this violence does not discriminate against inner city or suburban areas; it happens everywhere. When addressing this quick spread of crime, one can inquire as to its history and why it happens, myths about school violence, and how was can taper it, by the use of technology. The history of violence in schools has no set pattern, but statistics report back to the 1970s. In 1978, a reported 282,000 students were assaulted in high schools, and…
Essay 3 I have chosen the article “How We Can Feed the World” by Mike Mack. This article focus on the issues of food security. With the technologies today, we can send men to space, we can build machines to work for us, we can see other across the world, and we made the impossible possible. We should not have the problems with food security with such technologies, but the problem does exist. I came from a middle class family where we don't have any problems with putting food on our dinner table…
Without us even knowing, mythology gives inspiration to most creations. Myth exists and is prominent in just about any aspect of our culture. For my exemplar, I chose my favorite show on television, American Horror Story. Although this show has used just about every theory taught to us throughout this semester season after season, I am going to work with the third season: Coven. This season was heavily structured by creation myths, hero’s quest, scapegoats, the dethroned, and even tricksters. However…
War on Terrorism and the effect on The US Patriot Act Ashley Anthony In an interview Vice President Dick Cheney remarked that the United States was less safe since Obama changed the detention and interrogation practices of enemy combatants saying that the change was a move towards treating terrorism as a law enforcement problem. Cheney argued that terrorism is a strategic threat that could only be addressed by using all wartime assets against the enemy (NY Times). During this interview…
school systems are failing and that in order to make their children successful they have to be sent to private schools. The Manufactured Crisis is a well written book jammed packed full of research and observation that overwhelming disproves the myths and bashing of public school systems. In chapter one Biddle and Berliner grab you attention right away this throwing a number of news headings at you. Most of these headings read something like, “Fourteen-year-old student,…
The American Myth “Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise” (Franklin 2). This is what the founding fathers of this nation thought to be the key to success. Hard work is what they thought needed to be done in order to achieve their dreams, their American dreams. Today, hard work is what one thinks of last when wanting to achieve the American dream. Traditionally Americans have come to think that the American dream of success, fame, and wealth comes through with thrift…
31, 2015 there were 973 cases reported Myths and Misconceptions • Myth 1: Trafficked persons can only be foreign nationals or are only immigrants from other countries. • Reality: The federal definition of human trafficking includes both U.S citizens and foreign nationals. Human trafficking within the United States affects victims who are U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, visa holders, and undocumented workers. Myths and Misconceptions • Myth 4: There must be elements of physical restraint…
