Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking

by Andrew Vladimirov, Konstantin V. Gavrilenko, Andrei A. Mikhailovsky

"This is an excellent book. It contains the 'in the trenches' coverage that the enterprise administrator needs to know to deploy wireless networks securely." --Robert Haskins, Chief Technology Officer, ZipLink The Secrets of Wireless Hacking is the first practical and realistic book about 802.11 network penetration testing and hardening. Unlike other books, it is based on a daily experience of breaking into and securing wireless LANs. Rather than collecting random wireless security news, tools, and methodologies, Wi-Foo presents a systematic approach to wireless security threats and countermeasures starting from the rational wireless hardware selection for security auditing and finishing with how to choose the optimal encryption ciphers for the particular network you are trying to protect.

Genres: Nonfiction, Computers

588 pages, Paperback

First published July 8, 2004

Reviews

[Nick Black]

Ahh, just what the world needed, another large stack of whitespace-driven printpulp filled with insufficiently-circumspect advice from Addison-Wesley and whatever three Russians knew the least about royalties. I gave it a second star strictly for the surprisingly good section on antennae, useful to anyone lacking basic working knowledge of electromagnetic theory.

Also, the title is just godawful terrible. However, it sets up this delicious exchange:

...on a street corner in Atlanta, a vendor hocks bootleg books
vendor: wi-foo?
dank: why, f.u.!

[Jennifer]

Great book, very interesting. I now know more about how to keep my wireless safe then ever before.