Security level of wireless network
am 26.03.2007 09:47:33 von Marek Elsner
Hi,
I am writing some kind of work about security and I would like to ask
you what do you think.
Consider that you went wardriving and in a random point in town you
start searching for available / visible wireless networks. Of course in
passive way you can get plenty of information, such as:
- SSID of network
- WEP / WPA
- avarage number of packets
- signal strength
- number of all networks
....
I would like to grade security level of this point in town.
It can be graded in three level scale, or in 0-100 points scale, or in
any other way....it does not matter.
What do you think can be the algorithm to grade the security level of
this research point..?
Got any ideas or suggestions, what parameters more should be included...?
Thanks for help
Marek
(Poland)
Re: Security level of wireless network
am 26.03.2007 15:43:23 von Bogwitch
Sebastian Gottschalk wrote:
> Marek Elsner wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am writing some kind of work about security and I would like to ask
>> you what do you think.
>>
>> Consider that you went wardriving and in a random point in town you
>> start searching for available / visible wireless networks. Of course in
>> passive way you can get plenty of information, such as:
>>
>> - SSID of network
>> - WEP / WPA
>> - avarage number of packets
>> - signal strength
>> - number of all networks
>> ...
>>
>> I would like to grade security level of this point in town.
>> It can be graded in three level scale, or in 0-100 points scale, or in
>> any other way....it does not matter.
>>
>> What do you think can be the algorithm to grade the security level of
>> this research point..?
>>
>> Got any ideas or suggestions, what parameters more should be included...?
>
> Oh, you can simply add up points:
>
> SSID hidden: 0
> MAC filter: 0
> WEP: 0
> WPA: 10
> WPA+secure key: 90
>
> It the total for one is zero, then the total score for a collection is
> zero.
Going to have to disagree with you on that one.
Using your scheme....
WPA+secure key + MAC Filter = 0. Why?
Additionally, how would the OP tell the diference between WPA and
WPA+secure key without actually cracking (or attempting to crack) the
WPA key?
How does WPA without a secure key attract a weighting of 10?
Other than that, I'd have to agree with you on the numbers!
Bogwitch.