WiFi Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Analyzing: A Game Theoretical Perspective

摘要

WiFi is the de-facto wireless standard which suffers from a significant security vulnerability. Indeed, the WiFi management frames are not sent via an encrypted channel. However, many studies have been conducted to face this issue, but, preparing a comprehensive model for assessing the performance of these systems under different conditions is a research gap. In this paper, we propose an Abstract WIDPS with a useful but straightforward response function in confronting management frames transferring in an insecure channel. Indeed, we model the interaction between the entities involved in the problem based on game theory and propose a performance evaluation method for WIDPS depending on the network application context and the importance of confidentiality, integrity, and availability as the three principles of information security. This model provides an innovative solution for WIDPS qualitative classification. Finally, we evaluate the proposed method in several different samples, which obtains efficient results for classification and tuning of WIDPSs.