A Blockchain-Based Authentication Protocol for WLAN Mesh Security Access

Jiang, Xin; Liu, Mingzhe; Yang, Cheng‐Hong; Liu, Yanhua; Wang, Ruili

doi:10.32604/cmc.2019.03863

Cited by 54 publications

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“…The new upcoming WLAN devices will obviously follow the backward compatibility towards WPA2. Thus, researchers can still target to test the implementation of 802.11i with the novel ideas like MIC reduction, 4-way handshake reduction and blockchain application in WLANs [33]. In wireless medium, per frame lightweight authentication mechanisms will prove an edge and in future, researchers may consider developing such solutions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Security in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)

Singh¹,

Sharma²

2020

Computer and Network Security

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Major research domains in the WLAN security include: access control & data frame protection, lightweight authentication and secure handoff. Access control standard like IEEE 802.11i provides flexibility in user authentication but on the other hand fell prey to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. For Protecting the data communication between two communicating devices-three standard protocols i.e., WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and AES-CCMP (Advanced Encryption Standard-Counter mode with CBC-MAC protocol) are used. Out of these, AES-CCMP protocol is secure enough and mostly used in enterprises. In WLAN environment lightweight authentication is an asset, provided it also satisfies other security properties like protecting the authentication stream or token along with securing the transmitted message. CAPWAP (Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points), HOKEY (Hand Over Keying) and IEEE 802.11r are major protocols for executing the secure handoff. In WLANs, handoff should not only be performed within time limits as required by the real time applications but should also be used to transfer safely the keying material for further communication. In this chapter, a comparative study of the security mechanisms under the above-mentioned research domains is provided.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Security in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)

Singh¹,

Sharma²

2020

Computer and Network Security

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“…Due to the problem of certificate management in CA authentication system, researchers have conducted extensive research on identity-based cryptography (IBC). The authentication protocol proposed by Jiang et al uses the identity based cryptosystem, which takes the user's identity as the public key, does not need to store certificates, and simplifies the network configuration [26]. Li et al proposed a certificate-based wireless mesh network cross-domain authentication key protocol to implement mutual authentication and key exchange protocols between users [27].…”

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IRBA: An Identity-Based Cross-Domain Authentication Scheme for the Internet of Things

Jia

et al. 2020

Electronics

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The incredible development of Internet of things technology promotes the integration of application systems, which enable people to enjoy the convenience of multiple application services through a single intelligent device or terminal. In order to implement value exchange and information sharing between different applications, cross-domain access is inevitable. In order to prevent illegal access, identity authentication is necessary before the terminal accesses the service. Because of the need to introduce a trusted third party, the traditional centralized authentication model not only destroys the autonomy and flexibility of the application system, but also causes issues such as single point of failure and hidden dangers of unilateral control. This paper proposes an identity-based cross-domain authentication scheme for the Internet of Things. This scheme uses the Blockchain as a decentralized trust anchor instead of the traditional certificate of authority, and uses the identity-based self-authentication algorithm to replace the traditional PKI authentication algorithm. The scheme proposed in this paper implements a decentralized authentication model, which can guarantee the autonomy and initiative of the security domain.

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“…Jiang et al proposed a new blockchain-based WLAN mesh network security access scheme authentication protocol, which solves the problem of requiring key delivery and requiring a central server in IEEE 802.11i and IEEE 802.11s authentication processes. The method treats the user's authentication request as a transaction and treats all the authentication records in the mesh network as a public ledger to effectively monitor malicious attacks [34]. The above references show that blockchain technology and smart contracts can be applied to the IoT environment, and can increase security without introducing a huge overhead, so it is feasible to apply it to the Wi-Fi network authentication of IoT devices.…”

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Location-Aware Wi-Fi Authentication Scheme Using Smart Contract

Chen

Wang

Yang

et al. 2020

Sensors

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Advanced wireless technology in Internet of Things (IoT) devices is increasing and facing various security threats. The authentication of IoT devices is the first line of defense for the wireless network. Especially in a Wi-Fi network, the existing authentication methods mainly use a password or digital certificate, these methods are inconvenient to manage due to certificate issuance or prone to be attacked because passwords are easily cracked. In this paper, we propose a location-aware authentication scheme using smart contracts to ensure that IoT devices can securely perform Wi-Fi network authentication. The scheme adopts the concept of secondary authentication and consists of two phases: the registration phase, which is mainly designed to complete the generation of the public and private keys, and to link the device information with its related device information; the authentication phase, which is mainly designed to determine whether the requesting device is within a legal location range. We use the smart contract to ensure the credibility and irreparability of the authentication process. Analysis of the attack model and the attacks at different stages proves that this certification scheme is assured, and the simulation results show that the overhead introduced by this scheme is acceptable, this scheme can provide greater security for the Wi-Fi authentication of IoT devices.

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A Blockchain-Based Authentication Protocol for WLAN Mesh Security Access

Cited by 54 publications

References 15 publications

Security in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)

Security in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs)

IRBA: An Identity-Based Cross-Domain Authentication Scheme for the Internet of Things

Location-Aware Wi-Fi Authentication Scheme Using Smart Contract

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