The robustness of Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X against ARP cache poisoning based network attacks

Zouheir Trabelsi

doi:10.1109/CCNC.2016.7444939

The robustness of Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X against ARP cache poisoning based network attacks

Zouheir Trabelsi

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Abstract

Robust security measures are integrated into new release versions of operating systems (OSs) to ensure that users have a more secure and reliable environment to run their daily tasks. In this paper, through extensive practical experiments, we evaluate and compare the effectiveness of popular versions of Microsoft Windows OSs and Apple Mac OS X in thwarting Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache poisoning attack in Local Area Network (LAN). The experimental results demonstrate clearly that all tested versions of Windows OSs and Apple Mac OS X are still very vulnerable to the ARP cache poisoning attack, and do not deploy built-in efficient security features to prevent the success of this attack. In addition, the experimental results directly allow to contradict the common belief that Windows OSs are always less security aspects compared to Apple OSs.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 13th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1074-1079
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781467392921
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CCNC.2016.7444939
Publication status	Published - Mar 30 2016
Event	13th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2016 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: Jan 6 2016 → Jan 13 2016

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Other	13th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	1/6/16 → 1/13/16

Keywords

ARP cache poisoning
ARP statefull inspection
Denial-of-Service attack
Man-in-the-Middle attack
Network attack

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Science Applications
Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture

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2016 13th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 1074-1079 7444939.

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Trabelsi, Z 2016, The robustness of Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X against ARP cache poisoning based network attacks. in 2016 13th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2016., 7444939, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1074-1079, 13th IEEE Annual Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, CCNC 2016, Las Vegas, United States, 1/6/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/CCNC.2016.7444939

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