Title :
The dangers of mitigating security design flaws: a wireless case study
Author :
Petroni, Nick L., Jr. ; Arbaugh, William A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Mitigating design flaws often provides the only means to protect legacy equipment, particularly in wireless local area networks. A synchronous active attack against the wired equivalent privacy protocol demonstrates how mitigating one flaw or attack can facilitate another.
Keywords :
protocols; security of data; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; design flaw mitigation; legacy equipment; security design flaws; synchronous active attack; wired equivalent privacy protocol; wireless local area networks; Communication system security; Computer security; Cryptography; Dictionaries; Privacy; Protection; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSECP.2003.1176993
