• DocumentCode
    583114
  • Title

    Resolving Wireless Security Limitations Using a New Wi-Fi Secure Access

  • Author

    AlQahtani, Salman A. ; AlOraini, Mohammed

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Eng. Dept., King Saud Univ., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    27-29 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    773
  • Lastpage
    777
  • Abstract
    Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is the most commonly used scheme for protecting users of wireless networks. Protection is usually afforded by authenticating users of the network and encrypting communication which travels through the wireless medium. However, the amount of protection offered by WPA is limited where it uses a pre-shared key (PSK) for authentication and encryption. In this case, if anyone holding the PSK could eavesdrop on other authorized users. In this paper, we present a new light enhancement to the Wi-Fi encryptions named as Wi-Fi Secure Access (WSA) that can remove WPA protection limitation and provide more confidentiality.
  • Keywords
    cryptography; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; WPA; Wi-Fi protected access; Wi-Fi secure access; communication encryption; preshared key; use rauthentication; wireless medium; wireless network; wireless security limitation; Computers; Conferences; Information technology; Encryption; Security enhancement; Wi-Fi Protected Access; Wi-Fi Secure Access;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer and Information Technology (CIT), 2012 IEEE 12th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Chengdu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4873-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CIT.2012.158
  • Filename
    6391996