Wireless Networks

• Wireless passwords: pre-shared key is used to authenticate to the wireless network.
• Kerberos: Used on Windows to authenticate users in Active directory. (username and password)
• Kerberos: The Protocol that allows users to use a username and password to log into any machine.
• Multifactor: Combine multiple methods to increase security of login.
• Sender Policy Framework : Authentication method that prevents email spoofing.
• DKIM : Allows email servers to block spoofed sender addresses.
• DMARC : provides analysis and reporting about who is sending emails from a given domain.
• RADIUS: Centralize authentication for users
• TACACS: Centralised authentication protocols used in businesses to authenticate users.
• Kerberos: Assign a unique encrypted key, ticket, to each user connected to the network.
• Unified threat management : A single hardware provides multiple security functions.
• War driving: Searching for unsecured wireless networks.
• UPnP: A networking protocol that allows devices to learn about the presence and communicate with each other.
• Power level controls: adjusting the boundary range of a wireless signal
• S/MIME: Encryption protocol that encrypts the contents of the mail.
• Network Access Control: Rules a user attempting to connect to the network must comply with. (e.g., host must be free of virus and have patches applied).