Wireless Security

Wireless Security

o WEP
o WPA
o RSN (WPA v2)
o EAP
o 802.1x
o RADIUS
WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)

o Introduced in 2003 as a interim solution to address weakness in WEP

o Available as a software of firmware
o Used Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
o Sometimes referred to as the draft IEEE 802.11i standard
RSN (Robust Secure Network)

o Enables dynamic negotiation of authentication and

encryption algorithms
o Full implementation of the 802.11i standard
o Uses the 802.11i - Advnaced Encryption Standard (AES)
block chiper
o Also known as WPA v2
EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol)

o Framework supporting multiple authentication protocols in an IEEE 802.1x Network

o Dictates the format of the messages between supplicant, authenticator and authentication server
o Defined four authentication packets:
o EAP request
o EAP response
o EAP success
o EAP failure
802.1x

o Derived from the wired port based access control paradigm

o Defines the encapsulation EAP protocols used on a wireless network
o Specified a supplicant, an authenticator, and an authentication server
o Supports mutual authentication
RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service)

o Remote access protocol that enables client-server for authentication

o Maintains centralized database
o Enables accounting and usage