Securing Wireless Networks

Question 1

What are two of the best practices to keeping a wireless network secure?

Answer 1

• Changing or preventing an SSID (Name of a network) broadcasting.
• Chaning the administrative default password of Wireless Access Point to a stronger meaningful password.

Question 2

What is a Pre Shared Key? Why is a pre shared key not a good approach for a business environment? Provide everyday examples of a PSK?

Answer 2

• Pre shared key is an encryption key provides control access to a user that wants to connect their device to a network by entering this key.
• This can still provide access to a network after an employee has left and changing the preshared key will require reconfiguration of all devices.
• Passwords at hotels to connect to their WIFI and new people connecting to your home network.

Question 3

What is a way of achieving authentication?

Answer 3

• Users entering their credentials such as a username and password which is then confirmed by an authentication server that provides access to authorized users.

Question 4

What is an open network and captive portal?

Answer 4

• Open network is an unsecure network that anybody can connect to.
• Captive portal is a web page that requries them to authenticate before gaining acess to an open network.