TITLE:
Comparative Analysis of Wireless Security Protocols: WEP vs WPA
AUTHORS:
Arif Sari, Mehmet Karay
KEYWORDS:
Wireless Security, WEP, WPA, WPA2, Comparative Survey, Wireless Networks
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences,
Vol.8 No.12,
December
17,
2015
ABSTRACT: Data security in wireless network has posed
as a threat that has stuck to the core of data communication from point A to
point B. There have been a variety of security issues raised in wired and
wireless networks and security specialists proposed a variety of solutions. The
proposed security solutions in wired networks could not be successfully
implemented in wireless networks to identify, authenticate and authorize users
due to infrastructural and working principles of wireless networks. Data on
wireless network are much exposed to threats because the network is been
broadcasted unlike a wired network. Researchers have proposed WEP and WPA to
provide security in wireless networks. This research is going to compare the
WEP and WPA mechanism for better understanding of their working principles and
security bugs.