Detecting and eliminating Rogue Access Points in IEEE-802.11 WLAN - a multi-agent sourcing Methodology

Abstract

Rogue Access Points (RAPs) is one of the leading security threats in current network scenario, if not properly handled in time could lead from minor network faults to serious network failure. Most of the current solutions to detect rogue access points are not automated and are dependent on a specific wireless technology. In this paper, we propose a Multi-Agent Based Methodology, which not only detects Rogue Access Point but also completely eliminates it. This Methodology has the following outstanding properties: (1) it doesn't require any specialized hardware; (2) the proposed algorithm detects and completely eliminates the RAPs from network; (3) it provides a cost-effective solution. The proposed technique can block RAPs as well as remove them from the networks both in form of Unauthorized APs or as a Rogue Clients Acting as APs.