Defending Against Node-targeted Attacks in Wireless Networks
Wenjun Gu · OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 2008
In recent years, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) have witnessed dramatic development due to the variety of applications and cost effectiveness in network deployment.However, we believe the wide application of both WSNs and WLANs in the future is contingent on the security of the networks.Considering that wireless nodes in both WSNs and WLANs are less powerful and more vulnerable than their wired counterparts, we focus on studying the attacks targeting on wireless nodes and their defenses in this dissertation.