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Exp<strong>and</strong>ing Your Reach<br />

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FIGURE 7.13<br />

Enabling encryption on a Series 2 coordinator.<br />

A series of routers can be used to extend the range of the penetration test to several<br />

miles. These can be dropped like bread crumbs between the target <strong>and</strong> your<br />

desired location. These routers need not be attached to a BeagleBone. In fact, there<br />

is little reason to waste your batteries <strong>and</strong> one of your Beagles on a simple router. A<br />

simple power supply for the routers can be created as described in the previous chapter.<br />

These routers can be placed in vehicles or hidden in trees, bushes, etc.<br />

IEEE 802.15.4 GATEWAYS<br />

Digi offers a full line of ZigBee gateway devices that can be used to extend the reach<br />

of your penetration test across the Internet. These range from a simple ZigBee to<br />

Ethernet gateway for about $100 to a customizable commercial grade routing gateway<br />

costing over $11,000.<br />

For the purposes of extending the range of a penetration test, the X2E-Z3C-W1-A<br />

is a good choice. It features Ethernet <strong>and</strong> Wi-Fi connectivity. The IEEE 802.15.4 side<br />

of this gateway is equivalent to an XBee-PRO Series 2 adapter. An open wireless<br />

network <strong>with</strong>in range of the target is all that you need to launch an attack from anywhere<br />

<strong>with</strong> the Internet access. These devices sell for about $120 at the time of this<br />

writing.

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