Security+on+the+Internet

Access Point (AP) MAC Address – A unique number that belongs to the NIC War Driving – Roaming around looking for vulnerable access points Passive Scanning – War driving is an example of war driving SSID- The beacon broadcast by public service providers (a public establishment) Private entities should turn off SSID Wired Equivelent Privacy (WEP) – an attempt to make a private network WPA WPA2 DHCP server gives the IP address Online, a hacker on the Internet is the MAC or his IP address

Where am I? IP Address Firewalls →SW/HW IP Filter (content filter) → filter ports Who Am I connected to? SRC/DST What services Am I connected to? Ports/ Software (remote) What ports am I using? PIDs