Title :
Secure user-friendly Wi-Fi access point joining
Author :
Seigneur, Jean-Marc ; Ballester Lafuente, Carlos ; Matos, Anibal
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract :
In this paper, we discuss the remaining security risk of Wi-Fi AP spoofing with current AP joining approaches and how a new solution has been developed as part of the ULOOP project in order to be more user-friendly and secure. It was an important step for increased security because our evaluation shows that even computer aware users do not know or do not bother about this issue although it is a real risk that current approaches do not solve.
Keywords :
computer network security; wireless LAN; AP spoofing; ULOOP project; computer aware users; secure user-friendly Wi-Fi access point joining; security risk; wireless-fidelity; Authentication; Context; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Mobile communication; Public key; Wi-Fi; access point; security; user-friendliness;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5938-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1525-3511
DOI :
10.1109/WCNC.2013.6555339
