Chapter 7 Understanding Wireless Security – Flashcards
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Wireless networks are essentially the same as wired networks when it comes to the security threats each faces.
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False
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A RTS frame is the first step of the two-way handshake before sending a data frame
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True
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Wireless networks use the CSMA/CD media access method
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False
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Wireless networks are inherently secure because the original IEEE 802.11 standard addressed strong authentication and encryption.
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False
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SNMP requires the installation of an SNMP agent on the device you want to monitor
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True
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Which layer does wireless communication rely heavily upon?
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MAC sublayer of the Data Link layer
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Which of the following is performed by the MAC sublayer?
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joining the wireless network
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Which of the following is NOT part of a wireless MAC frame?
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TTL
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Which management frame type is sent by a station wanting to terminate the connection?
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Disassociation
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Which type of frame advertises services or information on a wireless network?
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Beacon
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Which type of control frame does a station send to let the AP know is can transmit buffered frames?
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PS-Poll
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Which of the following is NOT a field in a control frame?
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Sequence control
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Which of the following is true about the SSID?
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they can be Null
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What is a WNIC's equivalent of a NIC's promiscuous mode?
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RF monitor mode
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In which type of wireless attack does the attacker cause valid users to lose their connections by sending a forged deauthentication frame to their stations?
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session hijacking
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Which of the following is true about wardriving?
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attackers use RF monitor mode
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In which type of attack do attackers intercept the transmissions of two communicating nodes without the user's knowledge?
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man-in-the-middle
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Which of the following is true about the association process?
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a station first listens for beacons
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What function does a RADIUS server provide to a wireless network?
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authentication
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What is considered to be one of the biggest weaknesses of WEP?
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24-bit initialization vector
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Which of the following is true about MAC addresses in a wireless network?
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you can change a WNICs MAC address with software
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Which of the following is NOT a suggested practice before using a newly configured wireless network?
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use the default encryption method
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Which EAP protocol requires digital certificates to validate supplicants?
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EAP-TLS
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Which of the following is true about IEEE 802.11i?
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it uses a symmetric block cipher for encryption
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Which popular wireless sniffer is an IDS that is passive and undetectable in operation?
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Kismet
