Title :
An Improved Key Management Scheme for WEP
Author :
Longjun, Zhang ; Tao, Zou
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Commun. Eng., Eng. Coll. of Armed Police Force, Beijing
Abstract :
Wireless local area network (WLAN) standards use the wired equivalent privacy (WEP) protocol to secure wireless communication standards. WEP uses RC4 stream cipher encrypt technique. But due to the leaks of the protocol, attackers may easily wiretap and attack the network. In recent years, the experts have proposed many schemes to mend the leak of WLAN security. A powerful key management solution is a comparatively efficient method. The enhancement of security of WLAN key management scheme may improve the security of the whole WLAN system. Moreover, under the current IEEE802.11 family standard, this scheme is more practical and effective.
Keywords :
cryptographic protocols; telecommunication security; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; IEEE802.11 family standard; RC4 stream cipher encrypt technique; WLAN; key management scheme; wired equivalent privacy protocol; wireless communication standards; wireless local area network standards; Communication standards; Communication system security; Cryptography; Energy management; Power system management; Power system security; Privacy; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing, 2008. EUC '08. IEEE/IFIP International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3492-3
DOI :
10.1109/EUC.2008.67