Collaborative attacks in WiMAX networks

Bhargava, Bharat; Idika, Nwokedi C.; Lilien, Leszek; Azarmi, Mehdi

doi:10.1002/sec.127

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“…Many studies in the literature have discussed WiMAX security vulnerabilities. Some of them have presented surveys and classifications for the target authentication process of attacks, such as DoS, replay, and MITM , whereas other studies have proposed solutions to prevent such attacks. In this section, we present some of such solutions.…”

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Authentication process enhancements in WiMAX networks

Alezabi

Hashim

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Security Comm Networks

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Authentication is one of the most important security processes in Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) networks. This process allows the receiver (whether base station or subscriber station) of a packet to be confident of the identity of the sender and the integrity of the message. Most attacks will attempt to violate the authentication process. If such attacks become successful, an attacker will gain an illegitimate access to network resources, thus increasing the probability of future malicious attacks. A number of algorithms and methods have been proposed to improve the security level of authentication in WiMAX networks. However, the evaluations of these algorithms and methods have always been based on a particular aspect, such as reducing overhead, protecting unauthenticated management messages, preventing WiMAX from external attacks, and protection during the handover process. Motivated by these variations, we review the state of art of WiMAX authentication mechanisms, namely, PKMv1, PKMv2, and the recent authentication protocols. We discuss their mechanisms, strengths, weaknesses, and potential countermeasures against each other. Our discussion is based on four categories, namely, enhancements, differences, advantages, and limitations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: Enhancements Of Wimax Authentication Processmentioning

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Authentication process enhancements in WiMAX networks

Alezabi

Hashim

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Security Comm Networks

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“…Bhargava et al regarded the support to Data Encryption Standard as an important vulnerability in WiMAX standards because it can be broken by the collaborative attacks [1]. Second, attacks through the IEEE 802.16j standard include blackhole attacks [16], wormhole attacks [17], denial-of-message attacks [18], Sybil attacks [19], and so on.…”

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“…Second, attacks through the IEEE 802.16j standard include blackhole attacks [16], wormhole attacks [17], denial-of-message attacks [18], Sybil attacks [19], and so on. Besides, the implementation bugs and the incompatibilities are also the potential sources of vulnerabilities [1].…”

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“…But, the shelf protocols of these networks make the vulnerabilities of those protocols available to attackers. For example, the availability of practical swarm intelligence and multiagent algorithms can help attackers to collaborate and realize more effective attacks against defending mechanisms [1,2]. The current WiMAX systems use some individualized security approaches such as antivirus software [3], intrusion detection tools [4], and mail-filtering applications [5].…”

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“…However, the WiMAX network is not secure against collaborative attacks because the security approaches are suitable for only individual attacks. Collaborative attacks are launched by some malicious adversaries to accomplish disruption, deception, usurpation, or disclosure against the targeted networks [1].…”

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In this paper, a security problem of cooperative immunization against collaborative attacks such as blackhole attacks and wormhole attacks, in the mobile ad hoc networks such as the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) networks, was discussed. Because of the vulnerabilities of the protocol suites, collaborative attacks in the mobile ad hoc networks can cause more damages than individual attacks. In human immune system, nonselfs (i.e., viruses, bacteria and cancers etc.) can attack human body in a collaborative way and cause diseases in the human body. With the inspiration from the human immune system, a tri‐tier cooperative immune model was built to detect and eliminate the collaborative attacks (i.e., nonselfs) in the mobile ad hoc networks. ARM‐based Network Simulator (NS2) tests and probability analysis were utilized in the prototype for immune model to analyze and detect the attacks. Experimental results demonstrate the validation and effectiveness of the model proposed by minimizing the collaborative attacks and immunizing the mobile ad hoc networks. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Zulkernine

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Collaborative attacks in WiMAX networks

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Authentication process enhancements in WiMAX networks

Authentication process enhancements in WiMAX networks

Immunizing mobile ad hoc networks against collaborative attacks using cooperative immune model

Attacks and Defenses in Short-Range Wireless Technologies for IoT

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