422 The State of the Art in Intrusion Prevention and Detection
hence the data derived from them. Therefore, it is impossible to determine the effect of the method-
ology used for data collection on the accuracy of the results drawn from the collected trafc. There
are opportunities however for leveraging data collected from live networks to provide information
on how attacks are carried out in practice that could aid the practical application of WiFi research.
A more exible and effective method of obtaining research data may be to establish standardized
methods of collection, rather than standardizing the data itself. This requires research into the best
means of developing the equipment and structure of such systems so that they remain applicable ...