From the course: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Cert Prep: 8 Network Security Design and Implementation
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Preventing rogues and evil twins
From the course: CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Cert Prep: 8 Network Security Design and Implementation
Preventing rogues and evil twins
- [Instructor] Rogue access points occur when someone connects an unauthorized wireless access point to an enterprise network. This might be as simple as an employee with bad wireless connectivity in their office purchasing an access point and plugging it into a network jack to gain a better signal, or it could be more sinister, with a hacker connecting an access point to later gain remote access to the network. The huge risk with rogue access points is that they can bypass other wireless authentication mechanisms. If you spend hours configuring your systems to use WPA3 security, a rogue access point configured to avoid encryption can quickly bypass all of that. Anyone connecting to the rogue AP can then gain unrestricted access to your network. A second risk posed by rogue access points is interference. There are a limited number of Wifi channels available, and rogue APs can quickly interfere with legitimate wireless…
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Denial of service attacks4m 15s
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Eavesdropping attacks4m 12s
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DNS attacks3m 30s
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Layer 2 attacks2m 3s
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Network address spoofing3m 38s
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Wireless attacks2m 59s
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Propagation attacks4m 19s
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Preventing rogues and evil twins2m 50s
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Disassociation attacks2m 10s
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Understanding Bluetooth and NFC attacks2m 2s
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RFID security2m 25s
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