WEP and WPA Improvement

Mustafa ElGili, Samani A. Talab, Awad H. Ali

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DOI: 10.4236/wsn.2010.23032                

Abstract

This paper aims to describe a solution to improve wireless network security protocols WEP and WPA based on a modified RC4 algorithm for encryption, and based on initialization vector (IV) with secret key for a session key exchange, and new mutual authentication mechanism.

Keywords

Wireless, Security, Authentication, WEP, WPA, RC4

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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