A New Security Approach for WLAN

Author

Kebreau, Sabine ; Constantinescu, Barbu ; Pierre, Samuel

Author_Institution

Mobile Comput. & Networking Res. Lab.

fYear

2006

fDate

38838

Firstpage

1801

Lastpage

1804

Abstract

The WEP as a security protocol implemented for the wireless networks 802. lib possesses widely faults. Indeed, it is possible to crack the WEP key used with a minimum of resources and/or a minimum of time. The results are different in time and from resources according to the size of the key and its complexity as well as the traffic circulating on the wireless network. If is needed less than 3 hours to crack a simple key of 64 bits, this time is much longer for a key of 128 bits. This paper proposes a new approach based on the use of a VPN IP over IP tunneling. Simulations with OPNET have been carried out in order to evaluate the performance of the solution proposed. Experimental results confirm that, depending on the type of the traffic, the overall security of the networks is improved, with a reasonable decrease in term of performance

Keywords

IP networks; protocols; telecommunication security; telecommunication traffic; virtual private networks; wireless LAN; IP tunneling; OPNET; VPN IP; WEP key; WLAN; security protocol; traffic circulating; virtual private networks; wireless networks 802.; Communication system security; Computer networks; Information security; Internet; Laboratories; Mobile computing; Virtual private networks; Wireless LAN; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; Network security; VPN; WLAN; performance evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2006. CCECE '06. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0038-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0038-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2006.277674

Filename

4054972