Network and Security

Introduction: This is a multi-part tutorial that will show you the tools of wireless attacks and penetration testing. Required Hardware: Most of this isn’t really required, but will be helpful on your hacking adventures. A laptop or two. One laptop will act as the penetration tester and the other will be the victim. Of course if you do not have two laptops you can use a desktop with virtual machines, which is what we will be doing for these lessons. One Alfa wireless adapter. This is sort-of required because the Alfa adapter will support packet injection and sniffing out as well as work with Backtrack right out of the box. Alfa AWUS036H USB Wireless Long-Rang WiFi network Adapter with 5dBi Antenna A wireless router that we can use. D-Link DIR-601 Wireless-N 150 Router And finally, a connection to the internet. Recommended Reading: BackTrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing Beginner’s Guide This book covers a lot of the topics you’ll find on this site. However, it goes into much mor