Title :
Security mechanisms and security analysis: hotspot WLANs and inter-operator roaming
Author :
Wang, H. ; Prasad, A.R. ; Schoo, P. ; Bayarou, K.M. ; Rohr, S.
Author_Institution :
DoCoMo Euro-Labs., Munich, Germany
Abstract :
This work presents a security analysis of public hotspot WLAN and inter-operator roaming, some security threats of user authentication and access control methods for hotspot WLANs, like the universal access method, IEEE 802.1X, (U)SIM, etc. are identified and studied.
Keywords :
message authentication; mobile radio; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.1X; UAM; UMTS subscriber identity module; access control methods; hotspot network security mechanisms; inter-operator roaming; public hotspot WLAN; security analysis; security threats; universal access method; user authentication; Access control; Authentication; Broadband communication; Communication system security; Network address translation; Network servers; Roaming; Web and internet services; Wide area networks; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC 2004-Spring. 2004 IEEE 59th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8255-2
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2004.1391371