Security Aspects of Wireless Local Area Networks (LAN’s)

6/4/98


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Table of Contents

Security Aspects of Wireless Local Area Networks (LAN’s)

Outline

Motivation

Infrastructure Wireless Network

Ad Hoc Network

Threats to a Wireless Network

Threats cont’d

Services to Combat Threats

What is DSSS?

What is FH?

Security Services cont’d

Wireless LAN Standards

IEEE 802.11 - Overview

IEEE 802.11 - Security Services

IEEE 802.11 - RC4 algorithm

IEEE 802.11 - Data Encryption

IEEE 802.11 - Security Concerns

IEEE 802.11 - Concerns cont’d

Conclusions

References

Author: David Harold Buck