• DocumentCode
    2575063
  • Title

    Weakness in 802.11w and an improved mechanism on protection of management frame

  • Author

    Wang, Weijia ; Wang, Haihang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Technol., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-11 Nov. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    IEEE 802.11w, an amending standard for 802.1H, provides protection for management frames in WLAN. However, the frames are vulnerable to be eavesdropped, forged and distorted before the Four-Way Handshake complete. An improved mechanism named Temporary Safe Tunnel (TST) is proposed to solve the problem above. Since TST has been meticulously designed, it is low cost and improves the security of WLAN.
  • Keywords
    computer network security; telecommunication network management; wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11 WLAN; four-way handshake; management frame protection; temporary safe tunnel; Authentication; Encryption; Microwave integrated circuits; Public key; Wireless LAN; 802.11w; One-Time Pad; Temporary Safe Tunnel; WLAN;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nanjing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1009-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1008-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCSP.2011.6096780
  • Filename
    6096780