User's Guide

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The Vulnerability Assessment window allows you to configure and run the assessment. After you have
configured an assessment, you can save it as a profile. A profile can be selected later to run test on a
similar scope.
Scheduled Vulnerability Assessment
Scheduled Vulnerability Assessments must be scheduled using the Schedule Vulnerability Assessment
window. Navigate to Menu > Scheduled Vulnerability Assessment.
The Scheduled Vulnerability Assessment window displays a list of all scheduled assessments. From this
window you can:
Add, edit, delete, and cancel assessments
View detail assessment results
Manage the profiles that are used to run assessments on similar scopes.
For details on how to schedule Vulnerability Assessments and use the Schedule Vulnerability
Assessment window, see the section Scheduling AP Test or Vulnerability Assessment on page 421.
WEP Cloaking
In order to extend the life of some older legacy equipment that only supports WEP encryption,
AirDefense has implemented a feature known as WEP Cloaking. This technology injects noise into a
WEP-protected environment by transmitting frames that appear to be sourced from valid devices but
are encrypted with an invalid WEP key. This has very little impact on the devices that know the correct
WEP key and serves to confuse any attackers which might be attempting to crack the WEP key.
Note
By default, the sensor is a passive wireless monitoring device and does not transmit (provided
termination has not been enabled). Enabling the sensors for WEP Cloaking will cause the
sensors to actively transmit on the channels of the devices it is protecting.
WEP Cloaking Overview
AirDefense sensors communicate with the AirDefense appliance to coordinate cloaking operation. The
server can be configured to instruct a group of sensors to cloak sanctioned devices in a given location.
Sensors are designed to intelligently adjust their frequency scanning patterns to maximize cloaking
Legacy Content
WEP Cloaking
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