Bypassing Authenticated Wireless Networks

Presented at DEF CON 13 (2005), July 29, 2005, 4:30 p.m. (20 minutes).

As the demand for mobile internet access increases, more and more public wireless access points are becoming available for general usage.  Unfortunately, as awareness of these access points increases, some companies have been capitalizing on the idea, charging monthly and hourly rates. This talk discusses methods of silently bypassing current implementations of authenticated wireless networks. An automated proof of concept tool is released and explained. Some theoretical methods of authentication that might be implemented in the future are also discussed.

Presenters:

• Dean Pierce / @deanpierce   as Dean Pierce
  Both Dean and Brandon are undergraduates in computer science at Portland State University. Both have very strong interests in the fields of wireless communications, network security, and cryptanalysis. They are also active members of pdx2600.
• Brandon Edwards
  Both Dean and Brandon are undergraduates in computer science at Portland State University. Both have very strong interests in the fields of wireless communications, network security, and cryptanalysis. They are also active members of pdx2600.
• Anthony Lineberry
  Anthony currently works for Logic Library Inc as a software engineer developing static binary analysis software. He has been active in computer and network security since early highschool. His main interests lie in kernel development, binary reverse engineering, and embedded systems.

Links:

• https://defcon.org/html/defcon-13/dc13-speakers.html#Pierce
• https://infocon.org/cons/DEF CON/DEF CON 13/DEF CON 13 video/DEF CON 13 Hacking Conference Presentation By Pearce and Edwards - Bypassing Authenticated Wifi - Video.mp4

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• BSidesDC 2017 / The Black Art of Wireless Post-Exploitation
• DEF CON 10 (2002) / Wireless Networking
• DEF CON 9 (2001) / Renagade wireless networks, Creating Connectivity on Demand.