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US 8,428,516 B2Granted
Wireless ad hoc network security
AssigneeAruba Networks, Inc.
InventorsNicholas Kelsey, Christopher Waters
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Abstract
Providing network security includes detecting network traffic associated with an ad hoc network that includes a first station and a second station, and preventing data sent by the first station from reaching the second station.
Claims20
A method for providing network security, comprising:
- detecting network traffic associated with a network, the network including a first station and a second station;
- and
- preventing data sent by the first station from reaching the second station by fragmenting the network so that the first station is on a first wireless network and the second station is on a second wireless network different than the first wireless network.
A method comprising:
- detecting probe response packets associated with a network, the network including a first station and a second station;
- and
- preventing data sent by the first station from reaching the second station by sending decoy packets corresponding to probe response packets, wherein a decoy packet to the first station includes a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) of a first wireless network different from a BSSID of the network and a decoy packet to the second station includes a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) of a second wireless network that is different from the BSSID of the network and the BSSID of the first wireless network.
A network security system comprising:
- a local timer;
- means for receiving wireless information;
- means for determining whether the wireless information is wireless traffic associated with an ad hoc network;
- and
- means for sending decoy information that places a source of the wireless information on a first wireless network and a destination for the wireless information on a second wireless network different than the first wireless network thereby preventing the wireless information from being directly transmitted between the source and the destination.
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