Ma Yu Tak. / Thesis submitted in: October 2006. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-73). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 2 --- IEEE 802.11 Standard --- p.4 / Chapter 3 --- Vulnerabilities of IEEE 802.11 --- p.8 / Chapter 3.1 --- Authentication Vulnerabilities --- p.8 / Chapter 3.2 --- Medium Access Control Vulnerabilities --- p.9 / Chapter 3.3 --- Proposed Counter-Measures --- p.10 / Chapter 4 --- Denial-of-Service Attacks by Exploiting the MAC protocol --- p.12 / Chapter 5 --- Simulation Results --- p.20 / Chapter 5.1 --- General DoS Attack Simulations --- p.21 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Topology 1: A Simple Wireless Network --- p.21 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Topology 2: Wireless Network in Ad-Hoc Mode --- p.24 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Topology 3: Network with Hidden Node Problem --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2 --- Targeted DoS Attack Simulations --- p.32 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Topology 4: A Simple Wireless Network --- p.32 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Topology 4: A Simple Network with Reversed TCP Flows --- p.38 / Chapter 6 --- Detecting and Solving the Attacks --- p.41 / Chapter 6.1 --- Detection of Attacker --- p.41 / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Detecting General DoS Attackers --- p.41 / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Detecting Targeted DoS Attackers --- p.44 / Chapter 6.2 --- Possible Solutions to the DoS Attacks --- p.53 / Bibliography --- p.70 / Chapter A --- TCP Exponential Backoff with Non-Zero Throughput --- p.74 / Chapter A.1 --- TCP Exponential Backoff Background --- p.74 / Chapter A.2 --- Illustration by Simulation --- p.76 / Chapter A.3 --- Implication of the Finding --- p.77 / Chapter B --- Idle Sense in networks with Hidden Node Problem --- p.79 / Chapter B.1 --- Simulation findings --- p.79 / Chapter B.1.1 --- Four hidden nodes case --- p.79 / Chapter B.1.2 --- Analysis of the simulation results --- p.81 / Chapter B.1.3 --- Study of mixed node types --- p.82 / Chapter B.2 --- Possible approaches to use Idle Sense with Hidden Node Problem --- p.84 / Chapter B.2.1 --- Performance Evaluation --- p.88 / Chapter B.3 --- Conclusions --- p.91
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325840 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Ma, Yu Tak., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, ix, 91 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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