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

• Main Authors: Malekzadeh, Mina, Abdul Ghani, Abdul Azim, K. Subramaniam, Shamala
• Format: Article
• 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

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...