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eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution

eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution
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May 28, 2012
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eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution

eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution

From Trapezes RingMaster, we could convert a Mobility Point to an AirDefense sensor.


eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution – Sensor Web page

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After converting the sensor into an AirDefense device, we needed to log into the sensor Web page to point it to the AirDefense server.


eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution – Dashboard

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An overview of the current state of affairs.


eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution – Alarm levels

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AirDefense comes with default alarm levels for every known attack or performance metric, but we could change them as we saw fit. AirDefense officials say they will soon offer wizard-based options for different alarm levels.


eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution – Detection of suspicious devices

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Logical view of a suspicious device detected by three sensors.


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eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution – Evil twin

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An evil twin causes alarms, but doesnt raise too many suspicions.


eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution – Air termination

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Once the system alerted us that a trusted client had attached to the evil twin AP, we sicced the air termination gods on the client.


eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution – Tracking map

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We placed the locations of our sensors and known APs on a JPG map to help with triangulation results.


eWeek Labs Walk-Through: AirDefense-Trapeze solution – Reasonably accurate triangulation

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Triangulation results were fairly accurate, with the red-marked rogue only about 10 feet from its true location.

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