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Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks

Denial-of-service (DoS) attack exploits inherent limitation of resources in wireless networks in attempt to overwhelm and exhaust their finite capacity. In wireless networks, clear-text form of control packets (CP) exhibits a security flaw that can be exploited by attackers to render the networks in...

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Main Authors: Malekzadeh, Mina, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim, K. Subramaniam, Shamala
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Language:English
Published: Springer International Publishing AG 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22506/1/Protected%20control%20packets%20to%20prevent%20denial%20of%20services%20attacks%20in%20IEEE%20802.11%20wireless%20networks.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22506/
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186%2F1687-417X-2011-4
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spelling my.upm.eprints.225062015-10-09T08:16:42Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22506/ Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks Malekzadeh, Mina Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim K. Subramaniam, Shamala Denial-of-service (DoS) attack exploits inherent limitation of resources in wireless networks in attempt to overwhelm and exhaust their finite capacity. In wireless networks, clear-text form of control packets (CP) exhibits a security flaw that can be exploited by attackers to render the networks incapable of providing normal services. While these attacks are quite damaging in terms of consuming available processing and bandwidth resources, they are easy to conduct against the wireless networks. In this study, we propose two distinct models to prevent wireless DoS and replay attacks based on trust in CP for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. The first model is based on original HMAC-SHA1 algorithm and the second one is based on a proposed modified HMAC-SHA1 (M-hmac) algorithm. Both models are implemented and the results are obtained and evaluated based on a number of metrics. The results show that the two models successfully prevent both wireless DoS and replay attacks. In addition, the newly proposed M-hmac algorithm provides better network performance in term of the metrics. Springer International Publishing AG 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22506/1/Protected%20control%20packets%20to%20prevent%20denial%20of%20services%20attacks%20in%20IEEE%20802.11%20wireless%20networks.pdf Malekzadeh, Mina and Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim and K. Subramaniam, Shamala (2011) Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. EURASIP Journal on Information Security, 2011 (1). art. no. 4. pp. 1-20. ISSN 1687-4161; ESSN: 1687-417X http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186%2F1687-417X-2011-4 10.1186/1687-417X-2011-4
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description Denial-of-service (DoS) attack exploits inherent limitation of resources in wireless networks in attempt to overwhelm and exhaust their finite capacity. In wireless networks, clear-text form of control packets (CP) exhibits a security flaw that can be exploited by attackers to render the networks incapable of providing normal services. While these attacks are quite damaging in terms of consuming available processing and bandwidth resources, they are easy to conduct against the wireless networks. In this study, we propose two distinct models to prevent wireless DoS and replay attacks based on trust in CP for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. The first model is based on original HMAC-SHA1 algorithm and the second one is based on a proposed modified HMAC-SHA1 (M-hmac) algorithm. Both models are implemented and the results are obtained and evaluated based on a number of metrics. The results show that the two models successfully prevent both wireless DoS and replay attacks. In addition, the newly proposed M-hmac algorithm provides better network performance in term of the metrics.
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author Malekzadeh, Mina
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
K. Subramaniam, Shamala
spellingShingle Malekzadeh, Mina
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
K. Subramaniam, Shamala
Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks
author_facet Malekzadeh, Mina
Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim
K. Subramaniam, Shamala
author_sort Malekzadeh, Mina
title Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks
title_short Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks
title_full Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks
title_fullStr Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks
title_full_unstemmed Protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks
title_sort protected control packets to prevent denial of services attacks in ieee 802.11 wireless networks
publisher Springer International Publishing AG
publishDate 2011
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22506/1/Protected%20control%20packets%20to%20prevent%20denial%20of%20services%20attacks%20in%20IEEE%20802.11%20wireless%20networks.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22506/
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186%2F1687-417X-2011-4
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