International Journal of Computer Applications |
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
Volume 175 - Number 32 |
Year of Publication: 2020 |
Authors: Mohamad Fakher Karzon, Mohammad Samir Modabbes |
10.5120/ijca2020920870 |
Mohamad Fakher Karzon, Mohammad Samir Modabbes . A Proposed Technique to Prevent ARP spoofing in Local Area Networks. International Journal of Computer Applications. 175, 32 ( Nov 2020), 20-27. DOI=10.5120/ijca2020920870
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a network protocol used to identify MAC address through mapping IP. When exchanging information between two computers on a Local Area Network LAN, the source computer must obtain the physical address (MAC) that is mapped to the logical address (IP) of the destination computer, where this process is the basic role of Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) as defined in (RFC826) by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). But the nature of this protocol makes it vulnerable to some threats that allow any host on the LAN to have access to unauthorized information or cause the service to stop. In this paper, we present a technique that prevents ARP spoofing attack using a computer application (Server - Client). The application utilizes the static feature of the ARP protocol to build a trusted ARP table that contains correct IP-MAC mapping for each computer on the local area network subnet, then the trusted ARP table is sent to all computers on the subnet. To evaluate the performance of proposed technique, a simulation was implemented using GNS and Virtual Box, where the results showed the efficiency of the proposed technique in terms of attack prevention, and in terms of time, cost and scalability compared to other related studies