The implementation of a proactive wireless intrusion detection system

Author

Hsieh, Wen-Chuan ; Lo, Chi-Chun ; Lee, Jing-chi ; Huang, Li-tsung

Author_Institution

Su-Te Univ., China

fYear

2004

fDate

14-16 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

581

Lastpage

586

Abstract

WLAN is susceptible to attacks due to the use of radio frequency which incurs data exposure. Though IEEE defined WEP as an enhancement to security, it is recently proved vulnerable in that the keys can be speculated. With the primary protection becomes void, there is a pressing need for alternative security measures. This research devised an innovative solution by developing a proactive wireless intrusion detection system (WIDS) by utilizing short message service (SMS) and proactive techniques. The proposed WIDS is capable of preventing common wireless attacks such as WEP cracking, MAC address spoofing and war-driving.

Keywords

IEEE standards; electronic messaging; security of data; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; 802.11; IEEE; MAC address spoofing; WEP cracking; WLAN; data exposure; proactive techniques; radio frequency; security enhancement; short message service; war driving; wired equivalent privacy; wireless attacks; wireless intrusion detection system; wireless local area network; Communication system security; Data security; Intrusion detection; Message service; Pressing; Protection; Radio frequency; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Technology, 2004. CIT '04. The Fourth International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2216-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIT.2004.1357257

Filename

1357257