Basics of Wireless Security
This rapid fire game addresses the basics of wireless security.
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Topics of this game:
- Wireless Networks are generally more vulnerable to a variety of threats than Wired networks.
- Wireless signals are broadcast through the air. Any receiver tuned into the right frequency can pick up the signals.
- Special scanner hardware is required to see a wireless network's information like its signal strength, name, channel, and encryption type.
- If you disable the broadcast of your network name (SSID), it's impossible for an attacker to figure it out.
- Today, the preferred wireless encryption algorithm is Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
- Today, the preferred wireless encryption algorithm is WPA.
- Today, the preferred wireless encryption algorithm is WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i).
- Network speeds increase if the network's power level increases.
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