Efficient Delay-Based Internet-Wide Scanning Method for IoT Devices in Wireless LAN

• Published in: IEEE internet of things journal Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 1364 - 1374
• Main Authors: Hashida, Hiroaki, Kawamoto, Yuichi, Kato, Nei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.02.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Communications traffic; Delay; Electrons; IEEE 802.11; Internet of Things; Internet of Things (IoT); Internet-wide scanning; Local area networks; Mathematical model; Mathematical models; network security; Numerical analysis; Optimization; port scanning; Probes; Scanning; Security; Servers; Traffic congestion; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks

Recently, Internet-wide scanning has emerged as an important element of detecting the security vulnerabilities of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices. However, Internet-wide scanning induces network congestion when sending a huge number of port scanning packets in a short time. The wireless network...