• SANS Orlando, Paul Asadoorian, Thursday, March 5 * 6:00pm - 9:00pm, Lab Fee: $100 - REGISTER HERE

This workshop will give you hands-on experience configuring inexpensive hardware and open-source software to create a wireless intrusion detection system. Become a true "Wifi mad scientist" and learn how to modify embedded operating systems, monitor al 2.4GHz channels, and identify wireless attacks in the air. You will receive a Linksys WRT54GL router, OpenWrt firmware, and an Ubuntu virtual machine with Kismet (an open-source wireless monitoring package and "WIDS"). All these pieces will neatly fit together so you can go back to your organization and begin detecting rogue access points, mis-configured wireless clients, Netstumbler probe requests, and more!

Included with this course is:

* A Linksys WRT54GL wireless router (802.11b/g)
* An Ubuntu Linux Virtual Machine Appliance with all software required

Author statement:

"Intrusion detection systems are a vital part of your network defense, providing insight into the attacks coming at your network, and extrusion traffic trying to leave your network. Wireless access is built into most of the devices in use by your organization, from laptops to cellular phones, wireless devices can be found everywhere. Even if your security policy is "No Wireless", there is still great value in Wireless Intrusion Detection (WIDS). A WIDS will help you detect attacks, rogue access points, employees connecting to rogue wireless networks, and mis-configurations in your wireless setup. WIDS can also help enforce your "No Wireless" policy by monitoring to be certain there are no wireless networks in use on your network by employees. We are proud to present this course to you where you will gain hands-on experience with WIDS."

- Paul Asadoorian, Larry Pesce