| Publisher | University of Pretoria | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 150.4KB PDF | Date added | 31 Oct 2007 |
| Topics | Denial of Service, GSM, Mobile - Wireless Communications | ||
| Downloads | 327 | ||
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) is a popular mobile communications network. Short Message Service (SMS) is an easily adopted person-to-person communications technology for mobile devices. The GSM architecture allows for the insertion of mass application-generated SMS messages directly into the network infrastructure. In contrast, a mass continuous send of "Silent" SMS messages constitutes an invisible Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a mobile handset. Such a mobile handset DoS attack may be conducted for economic advantage to elude another party from communicating. This paper describes, from a technical perspective, how a silent application-generated denial of service (DoS) SMS attack is conducted.
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