Summary

In this chapter, we reviewed network access control systems and some of their techniques. We learned how to construct a wireless access point with Kali for a physical drop while masquerading as an authorized IP Phone. We learned how to attack switched networks with layer-2 poisoning to intercept authentication data for authorized users while trapped in a restricted LAN. Other validation checks were discussed and methods for bypassing them were demonstrated.

We learned how operating system fingerprinting works and developed ways to research signatures for recon and to construct spoofing attacks for a target system, using the iOS running on an iPad as an example. We reviewed a more advanced operating system fingerprinting method, fingerprinting the stack, and introduced the packet manipulation utility Scapy to demonstrate a stack masquerade by writing up a Python script.