Introduction to Wireless Networking
As an aspiring ethical hacker and penetration tester, it’s important to understand the key concepts and fundamentals of wireless networking and its technologies before learning how to compromise a targeted wireless network.
Wireless penetration testing isn’t just about hacking into a targeted wireless network and gaining unauthorized access – it extends beyond this traditional concept. Wireless penetration testing is performed by employing the following systematic stages, which aim to help ethical hackers and penetration testers perform a comprehensive evaluation of an organization’s wireless network to determine its security posture:
- Network scanning – The network-scanning phase focuses on collecting and analyzing information (reconnaissance) about the targeted wireless network. This stage helps the penetration tester to identify network resources, associated clients, the manufacturer of the wireless...
