I hope you have read my previous post about detecting wireless access points. Now as promised let me give another method of detecting wireless access points. I remember some time back seeing on the website of Microsoft that they were able to detect the wireless location and so on, I am not sure about the complete stuff as I did not go to look into it a lot.
But they did use the MAC address of the access point or the wireless device to detect the make of the device and so on. We can use the same method to detect a wireless access point via the Ethernet network.
This Information is Education purpose only.
Background
MAC stands for Media Access Control. Every Original equipment Manufacturer (OEM) has a range of MAC address that they need to us so as to not have two devices with the same MAC address i.e. every device/system on the network has unique MAC address. The Vendors MAC addresses details are registered the details can be found in the following website http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml
Approach
We can use the MAC address detail to detect the wireless access points. It is as simple as that. I know, how do we do it? Is the question in your mind. To cut the story short we can use a tool called as APtools (http://winfingerprint.sourceforge.net/aptools.php). This tool will help you get the MAC address list (ARP table) from your switch or the router and compare it with the MAC address that it knows and can detect/identify the access point.
Thank you for this tool vacuum. If not for this tool we would have to manually compare the MAC.
Conclusion
The script kiddies will just use these tools with out even knowing what they are doing. But the better hacker will learn the technology behind the tool and use that knowledge to teach the world the new things and make the world a better and more secure place.
But they did use the MAC address of the access point or the wireless device to detect the make of the device and so on. We can use the same method to detect a wireless access point via the Ethernet network.
This Information is Education purpose only.
Background
MAC stands for Media Access Control. Every Original equipment Manufacturer (OEM) has a range of MAC address that they need to us so as to not have two devices with the same MAC address i.e. every device/system on the network has unique MAC address. The Vendors MAC addresses details are registered the details can be found in the following website http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/index.shtml
Approach
We can use the MAC address detail to detect the wireless access points. It is as simple as that. I know, how do we do it? Is the question in your mind. To cut the story short we can use a tool called as APtools (http://winfingerprint.sourceforge.net/aptools.php). This tool will help you get the MAC address list (ARP table) from your switch or the router and compare it with the MAC address that it knows and can detect/identify the access point.
Thank you for this tool vacuum. If not for this tool we would have to manually compare the MAC.
Conclusion
The script kiddies will just use these tools with out even knowing what they are doing. But the better hacker will learn the technology behind the tool and use that knowledge to teach the world the new things and make the world a better and more secure place.
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