ARP cache rectification for defending spoofing and poisoning attacks
Alok Pandey, Jatinderkumar R. Saini · 2016
Securing LAN plays an important role in overall network security as it actually involves guarding it from both the external and internal attacks. The internal users can also launch several types of attacks by exploiting the weaknesses of the TCP/IP protocol suite. Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is an essential component in LAN communications as it helps in resolving the IP Address into MAC Address. By exploiting some of the in-built vulnerabilities of ARP, an adversary can launch different types of DoS and MITM attacks for accessing confidential data or launching other attacks. We present a comprehensive mechanism that checks and rectifies ARP cache of compromised system on the LAN and also guards against some of the commonly used methods for launching of DoS and MITM based attacks in LAN.