You are hired by an organization to analyze packet captures from a wireless network. You are looking to assess if the captures pose a threat.
Analyze the packet captures provided by Wireshark (https://wiki.wireshark.org/SampleCapturesby doing the following:
Go to the Wireshark Sample Captures site and download the following:
wpa-Induction.pcap.gz Wi-Fi 802.11 WPA traffic
wpa-eap-tls.pcap.gz WiFi 802.11 WPA-EAP/Rekey sample
nb6-hotspot.pcap Someone connecting to SFR’s wireless community network
ciscowl.pcap.gz (libpcap) Cisco Wireless LAN Context Control Protocol (WLCCP) version 0x0
wap_google.pcap contains two WSP request-response dialogs
Note: Only download these sample captures. Other captures may set off your computer’s system defenses.
Use Wireshark to view and analyze the sample captures.
Create a 1- to 2-page table that ranks the packet captures from the highest to lowest threat. In your table, provide the following for each packet capture:
Description of the traffic
Description of the risks, if any, the traffic poses to the wireless network
Countermeasures to take to secure the network from any threat
Write a 2- to 3-page memo to management as a network security specialist, and ensure you do the following:
Explain how to distinguish hostile packet data from normal packet data.
Explain how to recognize any attack signatures in the packets you analyze.
Provide a rationale for ranking the packets as you did.
Format any citations according to APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment.
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