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WiFi Manager Distributed Intrusion Detection System (WIDS)
WiFi Manager Distributed Intrusion Detection System helps you:
Find out WHO and WHAT is on your network.
Enforce a "No Wireless" policy.
Seal off all vulnerabilities.
Enjoy a trouble-free wireless network!
Wireless networks are prone to attacks, more so, as their medium of transport is air. Another contributing factor to this risk is the easy availabiltity of cheap attack tools. Network Managers constantly try to secure their corporate WLANs from unauthorized rogue access points(APs) and other intrusions like DoS Attacks, RF jamming attacks etc.. A number of factors like noise, interference, increased traffic and signal attenuation affect the RF topology continuously. WiFi Manager Distributed Intrusion Detection System (WIDS) (RF Sensors) which work in conjunction with WiFi Manager makes the entire process of wireless LAN monitoring and security a lot simpler.
What can WiFi Manager Distributed IDS do?
WiFi Manager Distributed Intrusion Detection System (WIDS) are hardware sensors which can sit in the network like any other IP device and can passively monitor the RF spectrum for 802.11 packets. They capture the 802.11 packets within their range, correlate and analyze various security threats described below:
WiFi Manager Distributed Intrusion Detection System (WIDS) can help you:
Identify the various vulnerabilities in the network.
Identify and mitigate the various DoS attacks and intrusion attempts.
Discover and block rogue access points (APs) and rogue mobile clients.
Analyze the RF traffic for spurious activities.
Key Functions of WiFi Manager Distributed Intrusion Detection System (WIDS):
Intrusion detection:
Detecting rogue access points (APs) and passing this information to WiFi Manager is the primary function of these RF Sensors. WiFi Manager correlates this information with the information it has collected from the wired side of the network and alerts the operators of potential problems.
DoS Attacks :
There are a number of attacks like RF Jamming attack, FataJack attacks, Duration attacks and Authentication attacks which critically affect the WLAN functioning. These RF sensors help in detecting these attacks and pass the information to WiFi Manager.
Vulnerability Assessment:
A few common vulnerabilities keep recurring in a WLAN, for eg., Weak WEP IV in use, NetBios Traffic detected etc. These are big drainers on corporate security and have to be spotted. RF Sensors identifies these vulnerabilities and intimates the Software for immediate reactions and thereby effectively prevents these small vulnerabilities from blowing up into huge obstacles.
Wireless Monitoring:
RF Sensors perform the functions of monitoring the RF spectrum for parameters like signal strength, noise, traffic details, erors and associations. These are forwarded to the software to give it a complete picture of whats happening on the RF side of the network.
How WiFi Manager Distributed Intrusion Detection System works
AdventNet RF Sensors distributed across the wireless network monitors the wireless traffic within their range, analyzes it and forward data to the centralized WiFiManager Server.
At the WiFiManager Server the data is further analyzed and the processed information is archived and also presented to the wireless LAN Administrator via a web interface in a user friendly way as alerts, graphs etc.
The above Figure illustrates the how the distributed system prevents and detects wireless intrusions. Sensors and Servers analyze RF data, enabling each to respond to intruders or manage anomalous RF events.
So what are you waiting for? Install WiFi Manager and check it out for yourself. Click here to download now.
Frequently Asked Questions: Question: Will WiFi Manager work only with the RF Sensors? Answer: No. Some of the features and reports may not work without the hardware RF Sensor installed in your network. But if you want to -
Monitor your wireless network 24x7
Detect intruders or rogue devices
Check your wireless network health (signal quality/noise levels)
Make sure there are no vulnerabilities in your WLAN,
you will need to get the hardware RF Sensor.
In other words, WiFi Manager can work fine without the RF Sensor.
Question: Are the wireless management features also dependent on the hardware RF Sensor? Answer: No. Access point configuration and management features in WiFi Manager are built into the software and NOT dependent on the hardware RF Sensor.
