It is the fact that wireless networks have become one of the most widely used communication systems in the world. However, providing secure communication for wireless networks has become one of the prime concerns. Quantum cryptography, namely quantum key distribution (QKD), offers the promise of unconditional security. In this paper, we shall extend our previous research work to a new method of integrating quantum cryptography for key distribution in 802.11 wireless networks. Our contributions, based on our previous results, are as follows: (1) showing how QKD can be implemented in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks (2) introducing a novel method that takes the advantage of mutual authentication features offered by some EAP variants of 802.1X port-based network access control (PBNAC) (3) presenting a new code titled quantum message integrity code (Q-MIC) that provides mutual authentication between the two communication parties and its implementation.
It is the fact that wireless networks have become one of the most widely used communication systems in the world. However, providing secure communication for wireless networks has become one of the prime concerns. Quantum cryptography, namely quantum key distribution (QKD), offers the promise of unconditional security. In this paper, we shall extend our previous research work to a new method of integrating quantum cryptography for key distribution in 802.11 wireless networks. Our contributions, based on our previous results, are as follows: (1) showing how QKD can be implemented in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks (2) introducing a novel method that takes the advantage of mutual authentication features offered by some EAP variants of 802.1X port-based network access control (PBNAC) (3) presenting a new code titled quantum message integrity code (Q-MIC) that provides mutual authentication between the two communication parties and its implementation.
It is the fact that wireless networks have become one of the most widely used communication systems in the world. However, providing secure communication for wireless networks has become one of the prime concerns. Quantum cryptography, namely Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), offers the promise of unconditional security. In this paper, we have extended our previous research work to a new protocol with the method of integrating quantum cryptography for key distribution in 802.11 wireless networks. Our contributions, based on our previous results [1], are as follows: (1) we shall show how QKD can be implemented in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to securely distribute the keys. (2) We shall introduce a novel protocol with a method that take the advantage of mutual authentication features offered by some EAP variants of 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control. (3) Finally, we present a new code called Quantum Message Integrity Code (Q-MIC) which provides mutual authentication between the two communication parties and its implementation
Wireless networks have become one of the most widely used communication systems in the world. However, providing secure communication for wireless networks has become one of the prime concerns. Quantum cryptography, namely Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), offers the promise of unconditional security. In our paper, we shall extend our previous research work to a new method of integrating quantum cryptography for key distribution in 802.11 wireless networks. Our contributions, based on our previous results [1], are as follows: (1) We shall show how QKD can be used in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to securely distribute the keys. (2) We shall introduce a method that take the advantage of mutual authentication features offered by some EAP variants of 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control. (3) Finally, we present a new code called Quantum Message Integrity Code (Q-MIC) which provides mutual authentication between the two communication parties and its implementation
It is well known that wireless networks have become one of the most important part used communication systems, in particular for ubiquitous computing. However, providing secure communication for wireless networks has become one of the prime concerns. Quantum cryptography, namely quantum key distribution (QKD), offers the promise of unconditional security. In this paper, we shall extend our previous research work to a new method of integrating quantum cryptography for key distribution in 802.11 wireless networks. Our contributions, based on our previous results [1], are as follows: (a) We shall show how QKD can be used in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to securely distribute the keys. (b) We shall introduce a method that take the advantage of mutual authentication features offered by some EAP variants of 802.1X port-based network access control. (c) finally, we present a new code called quantum message integrity code (Q-MIC) which provides mutual authentication between the two communication parties and its implementation.
It is the fact that wireless local area networks are increasingly deployed by businesses, government and SOHO users as they offer many advantages to its customers with mobility, flexibility, convenience etc. It opened a wide range of new commercial areas for hardware vendors, at low cost. This justifies why wireless networks have become one of the most widely used communication systems in the world. However, since there are no boundaries in wireless networks, they are vulnerable to security threats than wired networks. Therefore, providing secure communication for wireless networks has become one of the prime concerns. Quantum cryptography, to be precise, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), offers the promise of unconditional security. In this paper, we extend our previous research work of how QKD can be used in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to ensure secure key distribution. Our contributions in this paper are as follows: (1) We discussed how QKD can be used in IEEE 802.11 wireless networks to securely distribute the keys. (2) We use new protocol QKD. (3) We introduced a method that take the advantage of mutual authentication features offered by some EAP variants of 802.1X Port-Based Network Access Control. (4) Finally, we present a new code called Quantum Message Integrity Code (Q-MIC) which provides mutual authentication between the two communication parties. Also experimental results are presented with Simulink Model.
Extensive studies have been undertaken on quantum cryptography, which offers unconditionally secure communication based on quantum mechanics, since it was noted that quantum computers could break public key cryptosystems based on number theory. Now there is a strong need of research to exploit this technology in the existing communication networks. While the use of quantum cryptography in fiber optical networks gets significant advances, research on the application of quantum cryptography in mobile wireless network is still premature. There are a large variety of kinds of mobile wireless networks, Wi-Fi, based on the IEEE 802.11 standard, is wireless local area network and due to the limited coverage area, this environment potentially offers a chance to let quantum key distribution (QKD) play a role in the wireless communication. In this paper, we propose a technique of integrating quantum cryptography in 802.11 to provide a secure service of authentication. It is based on integrating QKD in the EAP-TLS conversation to enhance the security of the authentication process.
Recent misuse of wireless internet by terrorists has increased the need for security in the same. With ever growing technology both cryptographers, who encrypt messages, and cryptanalysts, who break those codes, have equal opportunities and facilities. Quantum Cryptography seems to be a promising solution providing absolute security in such communications. Its works by identifying the threats and combats them by using basic laws of Quantum Physics. Since the first proposition on quantum key distribution protocol appeared in 1984, research on quantum cryptography has been growing rapidly. Experiments of quantum key distribution have been realized for optical and free-space environments [1, 2, 3, and 4]. In fiber networks, some products have been commercialized to provide a turnkey service for widely used encryption algorithms [5], In section 2 and 3 we analyze the authentication and key management in 802.11 networks and in section 4 we are giving the introduction of Quantum Cryptography with QKD and in section 5 we are integrating quantum technique for the distribution of encryption keys in 802.11 wireless networks.