I've done some of this in the past, the stacks actually come up
as known in some cases but as odd things. The answer I came to
was to do a multiple approach- Xprobe+Nmap+Cisco MAC monitoring
and correlate the data to get a good answer.
All opinions are my own and in no way reflect the views of my employer.
Toby
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg [mailto:greg_at_hoobie.net]
> Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 11:11 AM
> To: Isherwood Jeff C Contr AFRL/IFOSS; 'Pen-Test'
> Subject: RE: Tools for Detecting Wireless APs - from the wire side.
>
>
> Why not create NMAP OS Fingerprints for any AP types you can
> find. That way
> you'll have what you want and you could also submit the
> fingerprints to
> Fyodor for inclusion in the next release.
>
> I reallise that's not an immediate solution but it's probably
> going to be
> the most effective in the long run.
>
> regards
>
> Greg
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Isherwood Jeff C Contr AFRL/IFOSS
> > [mailto:Jeffrey.Isherwood_at_rl.af.mil]
> > Sent: 07 June 2002 19:22
> > To: 'Pen-Test'
> > Subject: Tools for Detecting Wireless APs - from the wire side.
> >
> >
> > I'm doing some research for a paper on wireless security,
> and I've been
> > trying to find a decent way for an administrator to probe
> his network for
> > APs that might be attached.
> >
> > There seems to be very little out there for this sort of thing.
> >
> > NMAP can recognize a fingerprint of some APs, but not all...
> >
> > ISS can sweep a wire, and report back on any that have SNMP
> enabled...
> >
> > APTOOLS claims to be capable, but isn't that easy to use or
> > figure out (for
> > me so far)
> >
> >
> > Is there anything else out there?
> >
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