WIRELESS LAN SECURITY

SEMINAR REPORT
Submitted to the faculty of Engineering North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. In partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of

Bachelor of Engineering
In

Computer Engineering

Submitted By Rachana S. Patil Under the Guidance of Mr. D.B.Hanchate

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING
S.S.V.P.S.s B.S. DEORE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, DHULE. 2003 - 2004

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Wireless LAN Working Benefits of Wireless LANs Security of WLAN First-Generation Wireless LAN Security

VPN Technology
Authentication Security Threats

Multi Layer Approach to Implementing Security .

Conclusion

Wireless Local Area Network

The Growth of Wireless LANS Wireless Networking

Wireless Network Architecture

Access Point
What is Access Point? Use Of Access Point

Ad Hoc
What is Ad Hoc? Use Of Ad Hoc

Working of Wireless Networks

Four types of WLAN Blue tooth IrDA HomeRF (SWAP) WECA (Wi-Fi)

BENEFITS OF WIRELESS LAN

Security
The Need for Centralized . Security Management

First generation WLAN security

Default password

SSID
WEP MAC address filtering

VPN Technology
For Secsetive data Takes Care of password & data transmission encryption

Authentication
Open Key

Shared Key

Other encryption/authentication option

RADIUS Server Authentication Method

PAP/CHAP
One time password

Security Threats
Theft of Hardware

Rogue Access Points

Other Threats

Multi Layer Approach to Implementing Security

Link Layer Security

Link layer authentication & access control Network layer security Session layer security

Conclusion (Recommendations)
Establish wireless LAN security policies and practices Design for security Logically separate internal networks Enable VPN access only Remove unnecessary protocols Restrict AP connections Protect wireless devices.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Arunesh Mishra & Wiliam A. Arbaugh An initial security analysis of the IEEE 802.1X standard 6th Feb 2002
Lori Ayre Network security srcuring wireless network 13th Feb 2003

Sami Uskela Security in wireless LAN

16th Dec 2000