New protocol design for wireless networks security

Author

Selim, Gamal ; El Badawy, Hesham M. ; Salam, M.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Arab Acad. for Sci., Cairo

Volume

1

fYear

2006

Lastpage

776

Abstract

This paper investigates a number of security protocols, which are used in wireless networks. Security protocols like Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), WEP2, Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and WPA2, which are protocols developed mainly to work within the IEEE 802.11 standard. Analysis of the protocols advantages and disadvantages are introduced (vulnerabilities and problems), from the encryption and decryption point of view. A number of measures are proposed to counter most of the known vulnerabilities that face the wireless networks security today. The proposed measures can be used in a number of security related fields

Keywords

protocols; security of data; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 standard; Wi-Fi Protected Access; Wired Equivalent Privacy; protocol design; security protocols; wireless networks security; Access protocols; Computer hacking; Computer networks; Cryptography; Data security; Force measurement; Microwave integrated circuits; National security; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks; Message Integrity Check; Multiple Slot System; WEP; WPA;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Communication Technology, 2006. ICACT 2006. The 8th International Conference

Print_ISBN

89-5519-129-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICACT.2006.206078

Filename

1625683