A novel WLAN client puzzle against DoS attack based on pattern matching

• Main Authors: Ordi, Ali, Zamani, Mazdak, Bashah Idris, Norbik, Abdul Manaf, Azizah, Abdullah, Shahidan
• Format: Article
• Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/55792/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/707548
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Despite the popularity of 802.11 based networks, they suffer several types of DoS attack, launched by an attacker whose aim is to make an access point (AP) unavailable to legitimate users. One of the most common DoS attacks on 802.11 based networks is to deplete the resources of the AP. A serious si...