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Re: Marriott wifi blocking


From: Steven Miano <mianosm () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 16:16:37 -0400

There are IPS features in nearly all of the 'enterprise' level wireless
products now:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/adaptive-wireless-ips-software/data_sheet_c78-501388.html

http://www.aerohive.com/solutions/applications/secure.html

Doing a search for WIPs - or browsing forums about poorly configured
WIPS/Policies can show that the deauth storms can be quite turbulent.

~mianosm

On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 4:06 PM, David Hubbard <dhubbard () dino hostasaurus com
wrote:

Saw this article:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/03/travel/marriott-fcc-wi-fi-fine/

The interesting part:

'A federal investigation of the Gaylord Opryland Resort and
Convention Center in Nashville found that Marriott employees
had used "containment features of a Wi-Fi monitoring system"
at the hotel to prevent people from accessing their own
personal Wi-Fi networks.'

I'm aware of how the illegal wifi blocking devices work, but
any idea what legal hardware they were using to effectively
keep their own wifi available but render everyone else's
inaccessible?

David



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