Steven is a senior security analyst for a state agency in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His agency is currently undergoing a mandated security audit by an outside consulting firm. The consulting firm is halfway through the audit and is preparing to perform the actual penetration testing against the agency’s network. The firm first sets up a sniffer on the agency’s wired network to capture a reasonable amount of traffic to analyze later. This takes approximately 2 hours to obtain 10 GB of data. The consulting firm then sets up a sniffer on the agency’s wireless network to capture the same amount of traffic.This capture only takes about 30 minutes to get 10 GB of data.
Why did the capturing of traffic take much less time on the wireless network?
A.
Because all traffic is clear text, even when encrypted
B.
Because wireless networks cannot enable encryption
C.
Because wireless traffic uses only UDP which is easier to sniff
D.
Because wireless access points act like hubs on a network
Explanation:
You can not have directed radio transfers over a WLAN. Every packet will be broadcasted as far as possible with no concerns about who might hear it.
D