Title :
An Accurate Fake Access Point Detection Method Based on Deviation of Beacon Time Interval
Author :
Kuo Fong Kao ; Wen Ching Chen ; Jui Chi Chang ; Heng Te Chu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Networking Technol., Hsiuping Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taichung, Taiwan
fDate :
June 30 2014-July 2 2014
Abstract :
As wireless networks being prevalent, rogue access points (AP) become a serious security issue. Among various rogue APs, a fake AP with fully forging the SSID and MAC address of a legitimate AP is the hardest thing to detect and the highest probability of causing security breach. Among the past academic papers, which scholars had published, mainly relied on statistics of packets to detect fake APs. They are apt to trigger false alarms. To measure more precisely, this research proposes an algorithm that is based on the interval, serial number, and timestamp of beacons. In our analysis, even the hackers deliberately synchronize the sequence numbers and timestamp of both legal and fake APs, we are still able to exactly identify whether a fake AP exists or not.
Keywords :
access protocols; multi-access systems; probability; radio access networks; synchronisation; telecommunication security; MAC address; SSID; beacon time interval; fake access point detection method; rogue access points; security breach; wireless networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer hacking; Law; Synchronization; Wireless networks; AP; beacon; fake access point; wireless network;
Conference_Titel :
Software Security and Reliability-Companion (SERE-C), 2014 IEEE Eighth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
DOI :
10.1109/SERE-C.2014.13