• DocumentCode
    1138528
  • Title

    The dangers of mitigating security design flaws: a wireless case study

  • Author

    Petroni, Nick L., Jr. ; Arbaugh, William A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    36
  • Abstract
    Mitigating design flaws often provides the only means to protect legacy equipment, particularly in wireless local area networks. A synchronous active attack against the wired equivalent privacy protocol demonstrates how mitigating one flaw or attack can facilitate another.
  • Keywords
    protocols; security of data; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; design flaw mitigation; legacy equipment; security design flaws; synchronous active attack; wired equivalent privacy protocol; wireless local area networks; Communication system security; Computer security; Cryptography; Dictionaries; Privacy; Protection; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSECP.2003.1176993
  • Filename
    1176993
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1138528