Title :
Weakness in 802.11w and an improved mechanism on protection of management frame
Author :
Wang, Weijia ; Wang, Haihang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
IEEE 802.11w, an amending standard for 802.1H, provides protection for management frames in WLAN. However, the frames are vulnerable to be eavesdropped, forged and distorted before the Four-Way Handshake complete. An improved mechanism named Temporary Safe Tunnel (TST) is proposed to solve the problem above. Since TST has been meticulously designed, it is low cost and improves the security of WLAN.
Keywords :
computer network security; telecommunication network management; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 WLAN; four-way handshake; management frame protection; temporary safe tunnel; Authentication; Encryption; Microwave integrated circuits; Public key; Wireless LAN; 802.11w; One-Time Pad; Temporary Safe Tunnel; WLAN;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nanjing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1009-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1008-7
DOI :
10.1109/WCSP.2011.6096780
