CMSF: Cooperative Mobile Network Security Information Distribution Framework
Nobutaka Kawaguchi, Azuma Yusuke, Shinya Tahara, Hidekazu Shiozawa, Hiroshi Shigeno, Kenichi Okada, Tamagawa Gakuen · 2006
One of the problems with mobile networks is the lack of security information of the networks. Different from organization and home networks, the security measures and conditions of mobile networks are usually unknown to the end users. As a result, users may enter a mobile network filled with attacks without any prior protection and suffer serious damages. To tackle these issues, in this paper, we propose CMSF: Cooperative Mobile Network Security Information Distribution Framework which provides mobile users with security information of mobile networks through the cooperation of personal security modules equipped with mobile devices of users. In our framework a central server obtains security logs of networks from users who actually use the networks. Then the server analyzes the security condition of the networks from the logs and distributes the results to users who want to know the conditions of mobile networks. This framework will help users find secure networks and prevent from entering unsecure ones. Through the preliminary experiments of CMSF based worm detection method, we have confirmed the effectiveness of our framework.