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Authors: George E. Violettas ; Tryfon L. Theodoroy ; Konstantinos Chalkias and George Stephanides

Affiliation: University of Macedonia, Greece

Keyword(s): Mac Spoofing, War Drive, Wi-Fi Security, wireless intrusion, WEP Attacks, WPA Attacks.

Related Ontology Subjects/Areas/Topics: Home Area Networks ; Performance Analysis of Wireless Networks ; Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks ; Telecommunications ; Wireless and Mobile Technologies ; Wireless Information Networks and Systems

Abstract: This paper is a study of the use and possible flaws of the two basic cryptographic protocols (WEP, WPA) in Wi-Fi Networks. It presents some very easy to implement methods to gain malicious access to such networks by disclosing the network secret key, using Windows Operating Systems, like Win XP. It also describes the shutter of the myth saying that the MAC Address filtering is a safe practice for securing a wireless network. There is a field research, in which we show the distribution of wireless networks according to the security protocol implemented (if any) at a major city centre in Greece. Unfortunately, according to our results, only 8% of the wireless networks are using a fairly safe cryptographic scheme, 48% is not using any security at all, while the rest is using the totally unsecure WEP encryption.

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E. Violettas, G.; L. Theodoroy, T.; Chalkias, K. and Stephanides, G. (2008). SURVEYING WI-FI SECURITY - Presentation of Wi-Fi Security Measures, Varius Wi-Fi Attacks and a Classification Survey of Wi-Fi Networks in Thessaloniki. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems (ICETE 2008) - WINSYS; ISBN 978-989-8111-62-3, SciTePress, pages 96-101. DOI: 10.5220/0002027900960101

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author={George {E. Violettas}. and Tryfon {L. Theodoroy}. and Konstantinos Chalkias. and George Stephanides.},
title={SURVEYING WI-FI SECURITY - Presentation of Wi-Fi Security Measures, Varius Wi-Fi Attacks and a Classification Survey of Wi-Fi Networks in Thessaloniki},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems (ICETE 2008) - WINSYS},
year={2008},
pages={96-101},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002027900960101},
isbn={978-989-8111-62-3},
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TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems (ICETE 2008) - WINSYS
TI - SURVEYING WI-FI SECURITY - Presentation of Wi-Fi Security Measures, Varius Wi-Fi Attacks and a Classification Survey of Wi-Fi Networks in Thessaloniki
SN - 978-989-8111-62-3
AU - E. Violettas, G.
AU - L. Theodoroy, T.
AU - Chalkias, K.
AU - Stephanides, G.
PY - 2008
SP - 96
EP - 101
DO - 10.5220/0002027900960101
PB - SciTePress