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Intrusion Detection Systems for Community Wireless Mesh Networks

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Intrusion Detection Systems for Community Wireless Mesh Networks. / Makaroff, D.; Smith, Paul; Race, Nicholas J. P. et al.
5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, 2008. MASS 2008. . IEEE, 2008. p. 610-616.

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Makaroff, D, Smith, P, Race, NJP & Hutchison, D 2008, Intrusion Detection Systems for Community Wireless Mesh Networks. in 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, 2008. MASS 2008. . IEEE, pp. 610-616, 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2008), 9/01/08. https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHSS.2008.4660099

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Makaroff, D., Smith, P., Race, N. J. P., & Hutchison, D. (2008). Intrusion Detection Systems for Community Wireless Mesh Networks. In 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, 2008. MASS 2008. (pp. 610-616). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/MAHSS.2008.4660099

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Makaroff D, Smith P, Race NJP, Hutchison D. Intrusion Detection Systems for Community Wireless Mesh Networks. In 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, 2008. MASS 2008. . IEEE. 2008. p. 610-616 doi: 10.1109/MAHSS.2008.4660099

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Makaroff, D. ; Smith, Paul ; Race, Nicholas J. P. et al. / Intrusion Detection Systems for Community Wireless Mesh Networks. 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, 2008. MASS 2008. . IEEE, 2008. pp. 610-616

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