Patent ID: 10178122

Abstract:
The disclosed computer-implemented method for disseminating location-based reputations for link-layer wireless attacks may include (i) receiving, at a server from a first wireless client, a wireless-attack report for a location that includes (a) information that indicates that the first wireless client detected a link-layer wireless attack (e.g., a wireless-access-point spoofing attack or a deauthentication attack) at the location or (b) information that indicates that the first wireless client did not detect any link-layer wireless attacks at the location, (ii) using, at the server, the wireless-attack report to generate a reputation for link-layer wireless attacks for the location, (iii) receiving, at the server from a second wireless client, a request for the reputation of the location, and (iv) responding to the request with the reputation of the location. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.