Agent based intrusion detection and response system for wireless LANs

Author

Chirumamilla, Mohan K. ; Ramamurthy, Byrav

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Nebraska Univ., Lincoln, NE, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

11-15 May 2003

Firstpage

492

Abstract

Wireless LAN technology, despite the numerous advantages it has over competing technologies, has not seen widespread deployment. A primary reason for markets not adopting this technology is its failure to provide adequate security. Data that is sent over wireless links can be compromised with utmost ease. In this project, we propose a distributed agent based intrusion detection and response system for wireless LANs that can detect unauthorized wireless elements like access points, wireless clients that are in promiscuous mode etc. The system reacts to intrusions by either notifying the concerned personnel, in case of rogue access points and promiscuous nodes, or by blocking unauthorized users from accessing the network resources.

Keywords

authorisation; radio links; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; access points; agent based intrusion detection; local area network; promiscuous nodes; response system; security; unauthorized access; wireless LAN technology; Authentication; Communication system security; Computer science; Cryptography; Data security; Intrusion detection; Local area networks; Protection; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2003. ICC '03. IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7802-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2003.1204225

Filename

1204225