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Combat wireless hacking tools and techniques

Overview This sample chapter, taken from Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, discusses wireless hacking tools and techniques.

The threats to wireless networks are not just limited to malicious users looking for open networks;anyone could sit in the parking lot and sniff the network's traffic.

This sample chapter, taken from Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition, discusss tools that focus on the discovery and inventory of wireless networks.

Title: Anti-Hacker Tool Kit, Third Edition
ISBN: 0072262877
Published: February 2006
Author: Mike Shema, Chris Davis, Aaron Philipp, and David Cowen
Chapter: Chapter 8: Password Cracking / Brute-Force Tools
Published by McGraw-Hill

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	TechRepublic	File Format	PDF
Date Published	March 2006	Downloads	887
Format	Downloads
Topics	Mobile - Wireless Communications, Network Security, Anti-Hacking

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