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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2006
Phillip Andrew Porras, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael G. Corr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Mark Dawson, Belmont, CA (US);
David Watt, Newark, CA (US);
David Manseau, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
John Peter Marcotullio, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Phillip Andrew Porras, Cupertino, CA (US);
Michael G. Corr, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Mark Dawson, Belmont, CA (US);
David Watt, Newark, CA (US);
David Manseau, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
John Peter Marcotullio, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method and apparatus for wireless network security. In one embodiment, a method for securing a wireless computing network includes receiving a communication from an unidentified transmitter, identifying the transmitter in accordance with a fingerprint generated from one or more radio frequency signal characteristics extracted from the communication, and taking action in response to an identity of the transmitter.