Wireless Access Point Treasure Hunt Organizational Methodology

Abstract

During the Wireless Access Point (WAP) Treasure Hunt, student teams of three engaged in wardriving across a small city to locate a series of time-constrained challenges. Wardriving entails utilizing a vehicle and a portable computing device to search a geographic area for a wireless network. Students used network detector software such as NetStumbler and Kismet to locate exercise WAPs and challenges temporarily dispersed by instructors. The Treasure Hunt challenges included completing a cryptography problem and circuit worksheet, discovering a WAP password vulnerability, conducting a forensics analysis on a thumb drive, exploring authentication on a website, identifying file, database, and mail server misconfigurations, and testing a WEP key. The exercise culminated with a final challenge at a bowling alley where students found the treasure , a cellophane package of silver and gold chocolate candies and a surprise pizza and bowling party.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA582541

Entities

People

  • Sonja Glumich

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Authentication
  • Cellophane
  • Computer Science
  • Computing Devices
  • Cryptography
  • Detectors
  • Geographic Regions
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Materials
  • Military Research
  • Networks
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Cyber