RE: Identification of non Cisco AP's

From: Jonathan Gauntt (jon0966@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Jul 28 2005 - 16:02:37 EDT


No, I plan on running Nmap also, I should have stated
that.

Jonathan

--- Todd Towles <toddtowles@brookshires.com> wrote:

> You don't like simple Nmap with the -sV on?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jonathan Gauntt [mailto:jon0966@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 12:35 AM
> > To: 'Ian Gorrie'
> > Cc: security-management@securityfocus.com;
> pen-test@securityfocus.com
> > Subject: RE: Identification of non Cisco AP's
> >
> > Thanks for the advice. If Superscan doesn't work
> out I will
> > get a quote from Lumeta.
> >
> >
> > Jonathan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ian Gorrie [mailto:iag@locked.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 2:40 AM
> > To: Jonathan Gauntt
> > Cc: security-management@securityfocus.com;
> pen-test@securityfocus.com
> > Subject: Re: Identification of non Cisco AP's
> >
> > On the wire detection is shoddy at best. Usually
> commercial
> > scanners will only detect default configurations.
> >
> > that being said, most products that I've looked at
> (such as
> > Lumeta IPSonar for instance) work by scanning for
> banners on
> > webservers that are running on the APs. If you
> use a product
> > that scans 80 and 443 for banners that match an
> APs, you
> > might get somewhere.
> >
> > Not running an obvious banner, disabled, or not
> matching a signature?
> > You'll be out of luck unless you are tricky and
> can somehow
> > determine that it is a packet forwarding device.
> >
> > 802.11x on the network doesn't sound like such a
> bad idea
> > now, does it? :)
> >
> > -i
> >
> > Jonathan Gauntt wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have been tasked with the project of scanning
> and identifying all
> > > non Cisco wireless access points within the
> company's network.
> > >
> > > We have about 800 /22 and /24 subnets, and
> because of the IP
> > > addressing scheme in place, might just be easier
> for me to scan the
> > > whole class A range of IP's.
> > >
> > > I have access to Nessus and GFI Security
> Scanner. Since we
> > over 8000
> > > IP's in place, does anyone have any advice on
> the best way
> > to identify
> > > these non Cisco AP's such as Linksys and
> Netgear, etc.
> > >
> > > I wouldn't want to have a report produced that
> is two miles long
> > > unless absolutely necessary.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > Jonathan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>



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