Analysis and Rendering of Deauthentication Attack Using IoT Technology

Abstract

The Internet has developed exponentially over the years and has become an identity. Along with development, different kinds of networks such as LAN, WLAN, and WAN came into picture. Wireless local area network (WLAN) is the most used communication network in relatively smaller areas such as houses, schools, and offices. WLAN follows security such as WEP and encryption, but there are still vulnerabilities in the lower layer of the protocol stack. The vulnerabilities in the IEEE 802.11 have proved to be a medium for denial-of-service attack. Due to susceptibility of management frames, WLAN is vulnerable to medium access control-based (MAC) denial-of-service attacks. The results of these DOS attacks can range from man-in-the-middle attack to network congestion. By spoofing the MAC address of any legitimate user, deauthentication can be rendered to break the connection between the user and the Internet access point. There have been various amendments in the protocols to avoid the attacks on the MAC layer. But, much success hasn’t been registered till date. Various algorithms such as medium access control spoof detection and prevention (MAC SDP DoS) perform spoof detection and prevention to render MAC layer attacks affectless. This paper talks about the technique for rendering the DoS deauthentication attack and also present the analysis of the packet that is sent to attack on MAC layer.