Access points vulnerabilities to DoS attacks in 802.11 networks

Wireless Networks

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-169

  Bernaschi, M ^a   Ferreri, F ^b   Valcamonici, L ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CASPUR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Access points; Denial of service; Firmware

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIRMWARE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ACCESS POINTS; DENIAL OF SERVICE (DOS);

ACCESS CONTROL;

EID: 43449095315     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11276-006-8870-6     Document Type: Article

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