@inproceedings{f8a3ccbcc77c4205a2263b0c70cc1379,
title = "Connect Id: Identifying Devices before They Connect to the Network",
abstract = "Increasingly, network smart devices are being deployed and operated over the network. The Mirai attack has shown that the vulnerabilities of these devices can be exploited to stage large-scale attacks. In this paper, we explore the potential for identifying a device before it connects to the network such that appropriate security postures can be taken based on the known characteristics of the device. We propose to identify a device by (1) Device Vendor (2) Device Operating System (3) Device Type. We propose to utilize several pieces of information available before a device is allowed to connect to the network, such as MAC address and DHCP packet information, to classify the device. We propose a number of algorithms to utilize this information to robustly identify the device on these 3 dimensions. We show that it is possible to effectively identify a device before it is allowed access on the network and thus inform the security policies governing the network.",
keywords = "Device Identification, Measurement, Network Security",
author = "Rishabh Singla and {Narasimha Reddy}, {A. L.} and Riccardo Bettati and Hussein Alnuweiri",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE.; 7th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2021 ; Conference date: 14-06-2021 Through 31-07-2021",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
day = "14",
doi = "10.1109/WF-IoT51360.2021.9595686",
language = "English",
series = "7th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2021",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "421--426",
booktitle = "7th IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things, WF-IoT 2021",
address = "United States",
}