This paper describes some of the techniques attackers utilize to disrupt wireless networks through MAC address spoofing, demonstrated with captured traffic that was generated by the AirJack, FakeAP and Wellenreiter tools. Through the analysis of these traces, the author identifies techniques that can be employed to detect applications that are using spoofed MAC addresses (*pdf)
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Wireless LANs have been available for a decade. The
first technologies were using proprietary solutions but
standard IEEE 802.11 products have already been for sale
for 2 years. The three principal standards for the
wireless home LAN market are HomeRF, Bluetooth, and
IEEE 802.11 wireless Ethernet.
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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) developed HyperLAN/2
for wireless LANs working at 5GHz
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