[MLB-WIRELESS] Hacking Through the Wireless Jungle

[Dave Keller]

A single 56byte packet correctly formatted should do the trick nicely.

d...

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From: Tristan Gulyas
Date: Sunday, 21 April 2002 8:48:23 PM
To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Hacking Through the Wireless Jungle

So what are the chances that an 7.6Mbit/sec IP packet flood will interfere
with a 100mbit network? Let's face it, if you're going wireless, you're
probably using 100mbit to the desktop, too.

As for wireless LANs being attacked, this IS an issue.

..t

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> By Dan McDonough, Jr.
> www.WirelessNewsFactor.com,
> Part of the NewsFactor Network
> April 19, 2002
>
> With a WLAN card and a sniffer, it is not difficult for a hacker to find a
> company's wireless network from a position outside the building. 'From
> there, it's possible to flood the network with traffic and create a denial
> of service,' AMR Research analyst Dennis Gaughan told Wireless NewsFactor.
> http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17342.html
>
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