One of the concerns of any wireless network is the security of the encrypted wireless traffic. In this video, you’ll learn techniques that the bad guys use to crack both WEP and WPA protected wireless networks.
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Wireless networks are important resources, and we have a number of techniques available to find the wireless networks that might be located around us. In this video, you’ll learn about modern war driving and wireless network identification techniques.
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This month: Calculating broadcast addresses, crossover cables, and IPv6 is a bad, bad, protocol.
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What is the process of modifying IP addresses as packets traverse routers or firewalls?
Without single sign-on capabilities, much of our day would be spent authenticating over and over again to our network resources. In this video, you’ll learn about SSO and how it can be used on both local network resources and diverse resources across the Internet.
On a secure network, you may need more authentication methods than just a simple username and password. In this video, you’ll learn about multi-factor authentication methods such as smart cards, tokens, and even your mobile phone.
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The EAP framework is used in many of our modern technologies to provide standardized authentication. In this video, you’ll learn about EAP and some of the ways it can be used to authenticate your users.
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PAP and CHAP are some of the oldest methods of authenticating users. In this video, you’ll learn about CHAP and MS-CHAP and how we use these technologies for authentication.
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If you’re concerned about unauthorized devices gaining access to your network, then you may want to consider implementing NAC using 802.1X. In this video, you’ll learn about NAC and how the 802.1X standard can be used to authenticate users before giving them access to the network.
Network Access Control with 802.1X – CompTIA Network+ N10-005: 5.3 Read More »
In many organizations, there are diverse devices that all need some type of standardized authentication methods. Fortunately, the IT industry has created these AAA methods using technologies such as RADIUS and TACACS.
An Overview of AAA, RADIUS, and TACACS – CompTIA Network+ N10-005: 5.3 Read More »
