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10. Wireless Network Glossary
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Attack
any
eath and Teardrop attacks, exploit limitations in the
TCP/IP protocols.
Encryption
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fier to
distinguish one network from the other. Wireless clients must know the SSID in order to
ssociate with a WLAN network. Hide SSID feature disable SSID broadcast, so users must
rewalls can
be software, router, or gateway. Firewalls can prevent unrestricted access into a network,
s well as restricting data from flowing out of a network.
DoS
Denial of Service. A type of network attack that floods the network with useless traffic. M
DoS attacks, such as the Ping of D
Encoding data to prevent it from being read by unauthorized people. The common wire
encryption schemes are WEP, WPA, and WPA2.
ESSID (SSID
The identification name of an 802.11 wireless network. Since wireless network has no
physical boundary liked wired Ethernet network, wireless LAN needs an identi
a
know the correct SSID in order to join a wireless network.
Firewall
A system that secures a network and prevents access by unauthorized users. Fi
a
Firmware
The program that runs inside embedded device such as router or AP. Many network
devices are firmware upgradeable through web interface or utility program.