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Attacks on physical-layer identification (2010)
| Venue: | In Proc. of WiSec |
| Citations: | 23 - 1 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Danev10attackson,
author = {Boris Danev and Heinrich Luecken and Srdjan Capkun and Karim El Defrawy},
title = {Attacks on physical-layer identification},
booktitle = {In Proc. of WiSec},
year = {2010}
}
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Abstract
Physical-layer identification of wireless devices, commonly referred to as Radio Frequency (RF) fingerprinting, is the process of identifying a device based on transmission imperfections exhibited by its radio transceiver. It can be used to improve access control in wireless networks, prevent device cloning and complement message authentication protocols. This paper studies the feasibility of performing impersonation attacks on the modulation-based and transient-based fingerprinting techniques. Both techniques are vulnerable to impersonation attacks; however, transient-based techniques are more difficult to reproduce due to the effects of the wireless channel and antenna in their recording process. We assess the feasibility of performing impersonation attacks by extensive measurements as well as simulations using collected data from wireless devices. We discuss the implications of our findings and how they affect current device identification techniques and related applications.
Keyphrases
physical-layer identification impersonation attack wireless device wireless channel radio transceiver transient-based technique access control radio frequency prevent device cloning recording process related application current device identification technique extensive measurement complement message authentication protocol paper study transmission imperfection wireless network transient-based fingerprinting technique
