Integration of the Captive Portal paradigm with the 802.1X architecture
Nuno Marques,
André Zúquete,
João Paulo Barraca
Abstract:In a scenario where hotspot wireless networks are increasingly being used, and given the amount of sensitive information exchanged on Internet interactions, there is the need to implement security mechanisms that guarantee data confidentiality and integrity in such networks, as well as the authenticity of the hotspot providers.However, many hotspots today use Captive Portals, which rely on authentication through Web pages (thus, an application-level authentication approach) instead of a link-layer approach. Th… Show more
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