[MLB-WIRELESS] Hacking Through the Wireless Jungle

Marian Szczepkowski Marian.Szczepkowski at ericsson.com.au
Mon Apr 22 09:22:57 EST 2002


> With a WLAN card and a sniffer, it is not difficult for a hacker to find 
a
> company's wireless network from a position outside the building. 'From
> there, it's possible to flood the network with traffic and create a 
denial
> of service,' AMR Research analyst Dennis Gaughan told Wireless 
NewsFactor.
> http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/17342.html

Yep seen this crap before just need to add the costs 
$4,000 laptop 
$60hr operator 
$50,000 truck

All this to replace a baby 2.4Ghz baby monitor.
But with the truck and all at least you know it's happening.


> barry park
> http://members.optushome.com.au/
> http://wireless.bur.st/
> -=all your http_get are belong to us=-


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