RAP: Protecting commodity Wi-Fi networks from rogue access points

Liran Ma, Amin Y. Teymorian, Xiuzhen Cheng, Min Song

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Abstract

We first give a comprehensive taxonomy of rouge access points (APs), which includes a new class of rouge APs never addressed in the literature before. Then, we propose an efficient rogue AP protection system termed as RAP for commodity Wi-Fi networks. In RAP, novel techniques are introduced to detect rouge APs and to improve network resilience. Our system has the following nice properties: i) it requires neither specialized hardware nor modification to existing standards; ii) the proposed mechanism can be integrated with an AP in a plugin manner; iii) it provides a cost-effective security enhancement to Wi-Fi networks by incorporating free but mature software tools; iv) it can protect the network from adversaries capable of using customized equipment and violating the IEEE 802.11 standard.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication4th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness and Workshops, QSHINE '07
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event4th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness and Workshops, QSHINE '07 - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Duration: 14 Aug 200917 Aug 2009

Publication series

Name4th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness and Workshops, QSHINE '07

Conference

Conference4th International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness and Workshops, QSHINE '07
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityVancouver, BC
Period14/08/0917/08/09

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