Rogue access point

A rogue access point is a wireless access point that has either been installed on a secure company network without explicit authorization from a local network administrator, [citeweb|title=Identifying Rogue Access Points|url=http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/tutorials/article.php/1564431|publisher=wi-fiplanet.com|accessdate=2008-02-06] or has been created to allow a cracker to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. Rogue access points of the first kind can pose a security threat to large organizations with many employees, because anyone with access to the premises can ignorantly or maliciously install an inexpensive wireless router that can potentially allow access to a secure network to unauthorized parties. Rogue access points of the second kind target networks that do not employ mutual authentication (client-server server-client) and may be used in conjunction with a rogue RADIUS server, depending on security configuration of the target network. To prevent the installation of rogue access points, large organizations sometimes install wireless intrusion detection systems to monitor the radio spectrum for unauthorized access points.

ee also

*Man-in-the-middle attack
*Wireless intrusion detection system
*Wireless LAN
*Wireless LAN Security

References

External links

* [http://www.networkchemistry.com/products/roguescanner.php Roguescanner - Open source network based rogue access point detection]