One of the most dangerous Wi-Fi and WLAN security vulnerabilities revealed

Dr Gianluigi Me, investigates and highlights the threat posed by SNMP use over WLAN.

Sheffield, UK and Worldwide, November 5, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Gianluigi Me, PhD, today published a paper dealing with WLAN Security, highlighting the dangers and pit-falls as a consequence of using an unsecured Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). In this paper entitled "A threat posed by SNMP use over WLAN"
, Dr Gianluigi shows how hackers and eavesdroppers exploit this neglected vulnerability. Using diagrams, He goes even further to point out in detail the dangerous threat hidden in breaking WEP communications exploiting Access Points.

Attacks on WEP compromise confidentiality of communications. One of the main threats is posed by eavesdroppers listening to private communication on wireless LAN. But there?s a more dangerous threat hidden in breaking WEP communications. In fact, some access points can be managed via wireless link, usually with a proprietary application, relying on SNMP protocol.

Executing these operations can represent a frightening vulnerability for the whole Wireless LAN, because the eavesdropper can know the password to access in read/write mode the access point. This means that he/she shares the administration privileges with the WLAN administrator and can manage your wireless LAN in a malicious way.

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