Inline network encryption for multimedia wireless LANs

Author

Aura Ganz ; Park, Se Hyun ; Ganz, Zvi

Author_Institution

Multimedia Wireless LAN Lab., Massachusetts Univ., Amherst, MA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 Oct 1998

Firstpage

560

Abstract

To secure real-time communication in wireless LANs it is pertinent to implement real time cryptographic services in software or hardware. We evaluate the use of software based inline encryption algorithms for wireless LANs that are implemented in the Layer Service Provider as defined by WinSock 2 for Windows. The evaluated encryption algorithms run on each PC that is part of the wireless LAN. We present the throughput requirements from the inline encryptors for various multimedia applications such as video conferencing, collaborative work, distributed data bases and distributed processing. Our measurements show that software implementation of various encryptors provides enough throughput as required by the above applications

Keywords

cryptography; distributed databases; groupware; microcomputer applications; multimedia communication; telecommunication security; teleconferencing; wireless LAN; Layer Service Provider; PC; WinSock 2 for Windows; collaborative work; distributed data bases; distributed processing; hardware; inline encryption algorithms; inline network encryption; measurements; multimedia wireless LAN; personal computer; real time cryptographic services; secure real-time communication; software implementation; throughput; video conferencing; Application software; Collaborative work; Cryptography; Distributed processing; Hardware; Multimedia databases; Software algorithms; Throughput; Videoconference; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 1998. MILCOM 98. Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4506-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1998.722190

Filename

722190