RE: Wifi Security

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* steve@telecomplete.co.uk (Stephen J. Wilcox) [Mon 21 Nov
2005, 16:07 CET]:
>>Why would you even need to set up an AP? Why not just sit
and sniff
>>traffic? Gets you the _exact_ same information.
>man in the middle is easier if you are the gateway, no need
to steal arp

It's *wireless*! You can just sit and sniff traffic, no need to play
ARP games to redirect traffic to you.

*Active* attacks are facilitated by rogue APs and arp spoofing.

Mat.

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Exactly! It can't be put in any other terms... However, I believe the point he was trying to make was that there are other attacks as well.

  Gadi.