Analyzing the effect of Denial of Service attack on Network Performance

Author(s):

Basil Peter , Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam,Kerala, India; Nisanth Krishnan, Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam,Kerala, India

Keywords:

Denial of Service Attacks, Mac Spoof, Access point, IEEE 802.11, WLAN

Abstract:

Networks are prone to security attacks, and wireless infrastructure network is more vulnerable. The number of people preferring Wireless networks compared to the wired network has seen an expansion of user base owing to the fast and easy installation of wireless infrastructure. Security issues also increases proportionally as the number of users increases. One of the major security issues witnessed in wireless networks is denial-of service (DoS) attack. A denial-of service (DoS) attack can be defined as an attempt to make the network resource unavailable to its intended users, which may be to temporarily interrupt or suspend services of a host connected to the Internet. Therefore it is imperative to understand the extent of, the effect of denial of service attack on normal network performance. In this paper the effect on network performance due to Denial of Service attack is evaluated by measuring the throughput, number of packets received and the number of packets lost and then comparing it with a network which is not under attack.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV2I9047
Published in	:	Volume : 2, Issue : 9
Publication Date	:	01/04/2016
Page(s)	:	139-143

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