* jpo@xxxxxxxxx (Jason Ostrom) [Mon 17 May 2004, 18:28 CEST]: > I wasn't there, but I know the Deauth Flood attack is a very effective > attack that most 802.11b networks are vulnerable to. Janus Wireless, while not released publicly yet, also supports this: http://peertech.org/janus/ http://peertech.org/janus/attacks.html (this was formerly hosted on cubicmetercrystal.com.) Tools like this should be part of any conference visitor's Unilateral Quality-of-Service Toolkit, along with the DHCP server pool replenisher and ICMP Source Quench generator. > I saw this attack mentioned in at least one book, but I don't know why > it wasn't released as a vulnerability. It is similar to the released > vulnerability, but involves spoofed frames instead of the physical layer. How does this "release as a vulnerability" work? Or are you wondering why nobody up till now put out a sexed-up press release stating the obvious? -- Niels. -- Today's subliminal thought is:
