Identifying attacks

Attack identification on wireless LANs is not as easy as it is with Ethernet networks. Identifying the attacker is also not straightforward. In the previous exercises, we saw how supplying a wrong password generates a disassociation response from the AP to the station that is trying to connect.

Let's look at more attack patterns that are commonly used against WLANs, as shown in the following list:

• Rogue AP attacks
• Peer-to-peer attacks
• Eavesdropping
• Cracking encryption
• Authentication attacks
• Denial of service

Rogue AP attacks

In the previous section, we saw how rogue APs could be identified. Now let's look at what this attack actually does. In this type of attack, the attacker mimics an original...