Analyzing Wireless LAN Security Overhead

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dc.contributor.authorMcCarter, Harold Larsen
dc.contributor.committeechairMidkiff, Scott F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDaSilva, Luiz A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberZaghloul, Amir I.en
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:33:56Zen
dc.date.adate2006-05-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:33:56Zen
dc.date.issued2006-04-17en
dc.date.rdate2006-05-16en
dc.date.sdate2006-04-20en
dc.description.abstractWireless local area networks (WLAN) are beginning to play a much larger role in corporate network environments and are already very popular for home networking applications. This increase in accessibility has created large security holes for hackers and thieves to abuse, which is finally being addressed by stronger security methods such as advanced encryption algorithms and efficient authentication processes. However, these security methods often hamper network performance unbeknownst to engineers and users. This research examines the effects of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), and Counter Mode/CBC-MAC Protocol (CCMP) encryption algorithms on throughput rates for IEEE 802.11 networks as well as the authentication times for Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP) and Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP). The research shows that today's wireless hardware is capable of reducing overhead of even the most advanced encryption schemes to less than five percent of the total bandwidth.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04202006-080941en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04202006-080941/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31789en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartmccarter_thesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectTKIPen
dc.subjectWireless Network Securityen
dc.subjectEncryption Overheaden
dc.subjectAuthentication Delayen
dc.subjectCCMPen
dc.subjectPEAPen
dc.subjectWEPen
dc.subjectLEAPen
dc.titleAnalyzing Wireless LAN Security Overheaden
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical and Computer Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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