Question Description
I’m working on a cyber security discussion question and need support to help me understand better.
Wardriving is an activity in which a person seeks wireless access points while in a moving vehicle with high gain antennas mounted on the top. Usually, access point data captured is correlated with GPS positions and marked on publicly accessible maps.
As such, and with any type of wireless communication, such as home wifi, antennas play a critical role. They can mean the difference between communication and detection of access points or failing to detect even the closest access points.
However, in today’s wireless landscape antenna design and related implications are rarely addressed topics in requirements of sincere and successful exploration by security enthusiasts and professionals.
Deliverable:
Discuss the following:
- Why is it important to understand antenna construction, frequency, and propagation in dealing with not only Wardriving but other RF communications?
- Discuss dBm, Link Quality, Antenna Gain, and Interference as they relate to receiving and transmitting RF.
- As a cybersecurity professional do you think it is important to understand the nuances of antenna construction and propagation for RF communications, why or why not?