Towards compromise-resilient localized authentication architecture for wireless mesh networks

Authors:
Xiaodong Lin;Pin-Han Ho;Xuemin (Sherman) Shen
Affiliations:
University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada;University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Venue:
The Fourth International Conference on Heterogeneous Networking for Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness & Workshops
Year:
2007

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Abstract

In this paper, a novel compromise-resilient localized authentication scheme is proposed for metropolitan-area wireless mesh networks (WMNs), which aims to mitigate the impact caused by a compromise event on one or multiple mesh access points (MAPs) before they are identified and removed from the network. As a proactive mechanism based on a "best practice" strategy - Defence in Depth, the proposed scheme can protect critical WMN functionalities, such as user authentication and handoff support, even in presence of compromised MAPs.