| Wireless Security Lunchtime Learning |
By Lisa Phifer
Find out how much you learned from Lesson 4.
1.) WIDS may gather information from:
a. A regular AP that monitors the WLAN in its spare time
b. A dedicated sensor that monitors the WLAN full-time
c. The wired network connecting sensors to the WIDS server
d. All of the above
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2.) Unlike a WIDS, a WIPS may automatically perform which of the following functions:
a. Wireless device discovery
b. Wireless attack detection
c. Rogue containment
d. Location tracking
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3.) A "NetStumbler" WIDS alert is probably based on which type of analysis?
a. Signature matching
b. Protocol inspection
c. Policy enforcement
d. Anomaly detection
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4.) Which of the following is not a WIPS rogue containment method?
a. Placing a cardboard box over the rogue to conceal it
b. Flooding the rogue with deauthenticates
c. "Jamming" the channel being used by the rogue
d. Disabling the Ethernet port connected to the rogue
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5.) Which of the following WIDS location methods can provide the most accuracy?
a. Nearest sensor
b. Triangulation
c. RF fingerprinting
d. Site calibration
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This was first published in March 2006