How to use EAP-TLS authentication in PWLAN environment

Author

Ma, Yue ; Xiuying Cao

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radio Eng., Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

14-17 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

1677

Abstract

Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) is becoming a new era of wireless networking technology. The security schemes proposed in the original IEEE802.11 protocol are gradually unsatisfied. So some new authentication methods are needed urgently. The main issue of this paper is about the EAP-TLS authentication based on TLS, EAP, RADIUS, and IEEE 802.1x protocol. We discuss and implement the concrete procedures of the EAP-TLS authentication for Public WLAN (PWLAN), and point the advantages of the authentication mechanism. It is a solution of the PWLAN required to have an enhanced level of security and to support network authentication and generation of stronger session keys.

Keywords

IEEE standards; message authentication; protocols; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; EAP-TLS authentication; IEEE 802.1x protocol; IEEE802.11 protocol; RADIUS protocol; network authentication; public WLAN; public wireless local area network; security schemes; wireless networking technology; Access protocols; Authentication; Communication system security; Cryptography; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Mobile communication; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless sensor networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Neural Networks and Signal Processing, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7702-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICNNSP.2003.1281206

Filename

1281206