Mapping digital divide in neighborhoods: Wi-Fi access in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Mapping digital divide in neighborhoods: Wi-Fi access in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Host feeding patterns of Culex mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.

Host feeding patterns were examined for four species of Culex mosquitoes collected from 18 sites in or adjacent to East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, from November 2002 to October 2004. Host DNA from 37 bloodfed Culex coronator Dyar and Knab, 67 bloodfed Cx. salinarius Coquillett, 112 bloodfed Cx. nigripalpus Theobald, and 684 bloodfed Cx. quinquefasciatus Say were identified. The percentages of bloo...

Architecting Citywide Ubiquitous Wi-Fi Access

Cities around the world are currently considering building expensive Wi-Fi infrastructure. In urban areas, resident operated Wi-Fi access points (APs) are dense enough to achieve ubiquitous Internet access, provided we can induce the hosts to provide guest Wi-Fi access. However, sharing Wi-Fi involves taking on responsibility for the guest’s actions. Our main contribution is a novel mechanism t...

Band-Steering for Dual-Band Wi-Fi Access Points Optimizing Dual-Band Wi-Fi networks

Detecting and Blocking Unauthorized Access in Wi-Fi Networks

Academic and commercial 802.11 hotspots often use an SSLsecured captive portal to authenticate clients. Captive portals provide good usability and interoperability, but poor security. After a captive portal has authenticated a client, session hijacking and freeloading allow attackers to capture or use the client’s session. Freeloading does not require special tools and, surprisingly, is strengt...