Security flaws in 802.11 data link protocols
Communications of the ACMPublished 1 May 2003
Nancy Cam-Winget, R. Housley, David Wagner, Jesse Walker
Citations160
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SJR score1.15
SNIP3.34
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Understanding the difficulties in security protocol design and attempting to relocate the struggle between hacker and defender to a different protocol layer is key to solving the problem of distributed denial of service.
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Understanding the difficulties in security protocol design and attempting to relocate the struggle between hacker and defender to a different protocol layer.
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