Wireless

Layer 1 An Overview For those of you not fimilar Layer 1 refers to the first layer of the OSI model, the physical layer. This layer is technially where 1’s and 0’s cross a medium. But ask any IT professional sometimes just getting the right power or rack screws is hard let alone getting the right cable. I will quick cover some of the basics of the In most cases the medium used for communications is, Fiber Optics, Twised Pair Copper, and Radio Frequecy (Wireless)....

Wireless Security with WPA2 (802.11i) TLDR WEP is insecure WPA1 / WPA using TKIP is also insecure WPA2 is most secure (ensure KRACK is patched) 802.11i is complicated Old Wireless Security WEP / WPA'1' WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) Old and Insecure [See Aircrack-NG] (https://www.aircrack-ng.org/) Stream Cipher RC4 CRC-32 Checksum -WPA1 (AKA WPA using TKIP) Has similar attack vectors as WEP **Note 802....