The Packets Are Inside The Computer - Building 802.11 Challenges in Congested 802.11 Environments

About The Project This past weekend was the final Shmoocon and the final Hack Fortress&hellip;.for now. This blog post is a writeup on developing an 802.11 challenge for Hack Fortress while considering the congested 802.11 environment that is the Shmoocon conference. By leveraging the Linux kernel&rsquo;s hwsim and hostapd, competitors were able to capture beacon frames, parse SSIDs, and…