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TY - GEN
T1 - Intrusion Detection Systems for Community Wireless Mesh Networks
AU - Makaroff, D.
AU - Smith, Paul
AU - Race, Nicholas J. P.
AU - Hutchison, David
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Wireless mesh networks are being increasingly used to provide affordable network connectivity to communities where wired deployment strategies are either not possible or are prohibitively expensive. Unfortunately, computer networks (including mesh networks) are frequently being exploited by increasingly profit-driven and insidious attackers, which can affect their utility for legitimate use. In response to this, a number of countermeasures have been developed, including intrusion detection systems that aim to detect anomalous behaviour caused by attacks. We present a set of socio-technical challenges associated with developing an intrusion detection system for a community wireless mesh network. The attack space on a mesh network is particularly large; we motivate the need for and describe the challenges of adopting an asset-driven approach to managing this space. Finally, we present an initial design of a modular architecture for intrusion detection, highlighting how it addresses the identified challenges.
AB - Wireless mesh networks are being increasingly used to provide affordable network connectivity to communities where wired deployment strategies are either not possible or are prohibitively expensive. Unfortunately, computer networks (including mesh networks) are frequently being exploited by increasingly profit-driven and insidious attackers, which can affect their utility for legitimate use. In response to this, a number of countermeasures have been developed, including intrusion detection systems that aim to detect anomalous behaviour caused by attacks. We present a set of socio-technical challenges associated with developing an intrusion detection system for a community wireless mesh network. The attack space on a mesh network is particularly large; we motivate the need for and describe the challenges of adopting an asset-driven approach to managing this space. Finally, we present an initial design of a modular architecture for intrusion detection, highlighting how it addresses the identified challenges.
KW - network resilience
KW - intersection project
KW - wray broadband project
U2 - 10.1109/MAHSS.2008.4660099
DO - 10.1109/MAHSS.2008.4660099
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781424425747
SP - 610
EP - 616
BT - 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems, 2008. MASS 2008.
PB - IEEE
T2 - 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS 2008)
Y2 - 9 January 2008 through 28 January 2008
ER -