WIRELESS SECURITY TECNIQUES

Traffic flows through radio waves in wireless

network,so it is easy for attackers to monitor and attack data
without having to connect to a network physically and by being
within range of an unprotected wireless network.
When installing wireless services, you should
apply the following Wireless Security Techniques to prevent
unwanted access to the network:

• WIRED EQUIVALENT PRIVACY (WEP)

-first generation security standard for wireless
network.
• Change the default admistration password.
• Disable the broadcasting of Service Set Identifier (SSID) to
hide it from other user.
• Use MAC filtering to protect the network from other user.
• Change the default values of Service Set Identifier (SSID) by
entering the setup program for all the access point and
renaming the SSID.
• Update the latest available firmware.
Install or active firewall and adjust the settings to eliminate
all trafic except the desired network settings.

Different Levels of Wireless Security

(from most secure to least secure)
Lightweight Extensible Authentication
Protocol (LEAP)
-a wireless security protocol created by Cisco to address the
weakaknesses in WEP and WPA.
-also called as EAP-Cisco.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
-an improved version of WEP
-was created as a temporary solution until 802.11i (a
security layer for wireless systems) was fully implemented.

WEP 128
-an enhance encryption protocol combining a 104-bit key and
a 24-bit initialization vector.

WEP 64
-the first generation security standard for wireless network.
-could be exexploited because of an encryption key that was
vulnerable to decoding.

No security
-may leave your wireless network completely vulnerable to
attack.

To manually create a network profile using WEP

shared key authentication

1.) Open Network and Sharing Center by clicking Start button,

and then clicking Control Panel. In the search box, type
network , then click Network and Sharing Center.
2.) Click Set up a new connection or network.
 FILE AND PRINTER SHARING
-a sharing of or offering access to digital
information/resources, including documents, multimedia
(audio/video) , graphics, computer programs , images and e-
books.
-a private or public distribution of data or resources in a
network with different levels of sharing privlages.

File sharing can be done using several methods. The most

common
techniques include the following:

√ Removable storage devices

√ Centralized file hosting server installations on
networks
√ World Wide Web-oriented hyperlinked
documents
√ Distributed peer-to-peer

Sharing Resources and Accessing Shared Resources

1. Open My Computer, double-click the C: drive , and create a

new folder on the C: drive. Name it Shared .Right-click the
Shared folder and select Properties.
2. In the Shared Properties dialog box, select the Sharing tab.
√ Notice that the Select the Share This Folder button.
√ Type the Share Name. Click Apply and the computer you
are linked to should be able to view your shared folder.

3. Right-click My Network Places , which should be located on

your destop. Select Properties.

4 . Right-click your connection (look for name like Local Area

Connection) and again select Properties.

5. In your Local Area Connection Properties dialog box, select

File and Print Sharing for Microsoft Networrk and click OK. If
you don't see an option for File and Print Sharing, click Install
and select a service and then click Add. Now select the File
and Print Sharing option.

6. Open my Network Places- double-click the icon- and select

the Entire Network option under Other Places at the left of the
window .In the main (right hand) pane, you should see one or
more options. Double click the Microsoft Windows Network
icon.

7. You are now at tthe main network scrern, where you

should see what's called workgroup. A workgroup is a basic
group of conputers connected to the same Ethernet network.
Double click the workgroup to see all the cotmputers connected
to your Ethernet network.
 PRINTER SHARING
-allow groups of computer users to share peripheral
devices such as printer.
-Sharing a single printer among a group of user costs less than
buying a printer for each computer.