Lightweight context-aware security system for wireless Internet access

Abstract

In this study, we present a lightweight context-aware security system for wireless Internet access. Our system consists of an Android mobile application and a web browser plug-in called G&ALF. Android application is used to retrieve the public configuration parameters of available wireless connections, evaluate the context and assess the security level of the wireless network. Then, the assessment outcome is sent to G&ALF, which controls the Internet access of users. In addition to proposed context-aware security system, we describe the security assessment criteria that is used in our system design.