Design of Wireless Local Area Network Security Program Based on Near Field Communication Technology

Abstract

AbstractIn order to solve wireless local area network (WLAN) security problem due to the open-wide nature of wireless radio and the improvement of computing power, a design of WLAN security program based on near field communication (NFC) is presented in this paper. In this paper, the importance of having access to handshake for WPA2 brute force is explained. The proposed design protects the four-way handshake by taking advantage of NFC short-range character to eliminate the risk of intercept. For implementation, Android system is selected as a mobile device development platform. The design is compatible with the IEEE 802.11i which ensures the massive expansion in the future. Furthermore, the design simplifies operations to improve users’ experience without much extra hardware cost and offers an option to the owner of WLAN to control the access physically, which benefits commercialization of NFC. From one perspective, this design can solve the wireless network security problem effectively.KeywordsWireless Local Area NetworkNear Field CommunicationWireless RouterDictionary AttackAndroid SystemThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.