Denial-of-service (DoS) attack exploits inherent limitation of resources in wireless networks in attempt to\r\noverwhelm and exhaust their finite capacity. In wireless networks, clear-text form of control packets (CP) exhibits a\r\nsecurity flaw that can be exploited by attackers to render the networks incapable of providing normal services.\r\nWhile these attacks are quite damaging in terms of consuming available processing and bandwidth resources, they\r\nare easy to conduct against the wireless networks. In this study, we propose two distinct models to prevent\r\nwireless DoS and replay attacks based on trust in CP for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. The first model is based on\r\noriginal HMAC-SHA1 algorithm and the second one is based on a proposed modified HMAC-SHA1 (M-hmac)\r\nalgorithm. Both models are implemented and the results are obtained and evaluated based on a number of\r\nmetrics. The results show that the two models successfully prevent both wireless DoS and replay attacks. In\r\naddition, the newly proposed M-hmac algorithm provides better network performance in term of the metrics.
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