Wireless LANs can be found nearly everywhere today.
Most mobile computers
ship with built-in wireless LAN hardware by default
and most other computers
can be equipped with additional hardware.
Because all data is transmitted wirelessly, extra
security is needed in these
networks.
This was a concern to the creators of the IEEE
802.11 standard, who designed a simple protocol
called WEP which stands for
Wired Equivalent Privacy to protect such networks.
Unfortunately, the WEP protocol has some serious
design flaws and various attacks are possible against
WEP protected networks. This book presents nearly all
currently known attacks on the WEP protocol,
including their theoretical background and their
implementation. This book is intended for network
operators, who want to learn more about wireless
security, and also for cryptographers, who want to
understand the theoretical background of these attacks.Wireless LANs can be found nearly everywhere today. Most mobile computers ship with built-in wireless LAN hardware by default and most other computers can be equipped with additional hardware. Because all data is transmitted wirelessly, extra security is needed in these networks. This was a concern to the creators of the IEEE 802.11 standard, who designed a simple protocol called WEP which stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy to protect such networks. Unfortunately, the WEP protocol has some serious design flaws and various attacks are possible against WEP protected networks. This book presents nearly all currently known attacks on the WEP protocol, including their theoretical background and their implementation. This book is intended for network operators, who want to learn more about wireless security, and also for cryptographers, who want to understand the theoretical background of these attacks.
