• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.16C no.3
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• pp.317-324
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• 2009

In this paper, a 4-way Handshake protocol in the IEEE 802.11i is analyzed in terms of both security and reliability. It is shown that the 4-way Handshake protocol breaks down under some conditions due to a MIC (message integrity code) failure, and a solution to fix it is proposed. It is also proposed that a new 2-way Handshake protocol which is more secure and efficient than the 4-way Handshake protocol.

• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.1323-1332
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• 2009

In this paper, we analyze security weakness of 4-Way Handshake in IEEE 802.11i and propose fast and secure 2-Way Handshake mechanism. Compute PTK(Pairwise Transient Key) using sequence number instead of random numbers in order to protect Replay attack and DoS attack. Also, proposed 2-Way Handshake mechanism can mutual authenticate between mobile station and access point and derive PTK using modified Re-association Request and Re-association Response frames. And, compare with others which are fast and secure Handoff mechanisms.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.38B no.12
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• pp.984-986
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• 2013

DCF(Distributed Coordination Function) defined in IEEE 802.11 provides two different modes, namely, a 2-way handshake and a 4-way handshake according to the transmission procedure. If secondary transmission would not cause a collision with primary transmission, there is no need to postpone transmission unnecessarily. We study a feasible condition which can transmit data concurrently and propose a concurrent transmission scheme.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institutes of Information Security and Cryptology Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.249-253
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• 2003

기존의 무선 랜의 보안상의 문제점들을 해결하기 위하여 사용자와 인증자사이의 상호인증과 키를 교환하는 메커니즘이 요구된다. 이것을 보안하기 위해 IEEE 802.11i에서 키 체계와 4-Way Handshake를 제안하였다. 본 논문에서 언급되는 키 생성 및 교환 메커니즘은 사용자와 서버간의 인증된 마스터키를 통한 사용자와 인증자의 상호인증과, 키 생성과 키 교환하는 방법에 초점을 맞추고 있다. 이러한 키를 생성하기 위한 Pairwise 키 체계와 키 교환을 위한 4-Way Handshake, 4-Way Handshake에서 사용되는 EAPOL-Key message에 대하여 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.90-91
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• 2007

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.81-92
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• 2009

Recently, there is a drastic increase in users interested in real-time multimedia services in the WLAN environment, as the demand of IEEE 802.11 WLAN-based services increases. However, the handoff delay based on 802.11i security policy is not acceptable for the seamless real-time multimedia services provided to MS frequently moving in the WLAN environment, and there is a possibility of DoS attacks against session key derivation process and handoff mechanism. In this paper, a secure and efficient handoff mechanism in the centralized WLAN environment is introduced to solve the security problems. The 4-way Handshake for both mutual authentication and session key derivation is replaced by the 2-way Reassociation process.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics S
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• v.34S no.9
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• pp.1-12
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• 1997

The performance of Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Avoidance (CSMA/CA) protocol adopted as a draft standard of IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN, is analyzed by using mathematical method based on renewal theory. We introdude three kinds of CSMA/CA protocols basic, stop-and-wait and 4-Way handshake CSMA/CA with their mathematical analysis. First, a network of finite population is considered and then expand to infinite population. We model the CSMA/CA protocol as a hybrid protocol of 1-persistent CSMA and p-persistent CSMA protocol, and verify analaytical results by computer simulation. We have found that 4-Way Handshake CAMA/CA shows better performance than those of other two types of CSMA/CA in case of high traffic load.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.89-98
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• 2010

Wireless LAN (WLAN) is type of wireless service that has higher data transmission than current cellular networks. The usage is continually increasing. There are a lot of vulnerabilities in wireless network, due to the properties of the wireless environment, regardless of its popularity. IEEE announced the 802.11i security standard to solve these problems. The vulnerable point of messages used in the process of key distribution for 802.11i makes the target node attacked lose memory through continuous messages and blocks the legitimate WLAN service. In this paper, we proposed new schemes to solve this problem and compared our proposals with the current process. The proposed protocol eliminates the memory exhaustion problem on the client side by using methods for reduction of memory usage.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.13 no.6
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• pp.107-112
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• 2003

Handover in IEEE 802.11 requires repeated authentication and key exchange procedures, which are an obstacle to seamless services of wireless LAM. We propose a fast authentication and key exchange mechanism using IEEE 802.11f. Especially, by proposing a modified version of the 4-way handshake of IEEE 802.11i, we solve the perfect forward secrecy problem that arises when the pre-authentication is adopted. The scheme can be implemented only using the Context Block of IEEE 802.11f and the 4-way handshake of IEEE 802.11i without involving authentications server's interaction or non-standard behavior between access points. Our scheme is applicable to devices not supporting the us-authentication of IEEE 802.11i and also, it can substitute the pre-authentication when the pre-authentication is failed.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.112-120
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• 2009

Both security enhancement in wireless and fast access for mobility are required to employ wireless LAN in ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems). However, for the case of employing IEEE 802.11i security standard, it is known that the user authentication procedure of IEEE 802.1x and 4-way handshake procedure for stronger security enforcement may not be suitable for ITS due to its large delay. In this paper, we propose fast authentication method to resolve the above authentication delay problem, and verify its performance via simulation analysis.