Title :
The proposal of IEEE 802.11 network access point authentication mechanism using a covert channel
Author :
Sawicki, Krzysztof ; Piotrowski, Zbigniew
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electron., Mil. Univ. of Technol., Warsaw, Poland
Abstract :
The paper presents a concept of using a covert channel to authenticate access points. The covert channel is performed using Beacon frames and Timestamp fields and takes advantage of the least significant bits of these fields.
Keywords :
telecommunication security; wireless LAN; wireless channels; IEEE 802.11 network access point authentication mechanism; beacon frames; covert channel; timestamp fields; Iron; IEEE 802.11; beacon; covert channel; rogue access point; steganography; timestamp;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Radar and Wireless Communications (MIKON), 2012 19th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Warsaw
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1435-1
DOI :
10.1109/MIKON.2012.6233587
