SCRUTINIZING THE CURRENT WI-FI SECURITY PROTOCOL  (WPA2-PSK) TO IMPROVE ITS SECURITY

Tsega Yohannes, Dr. J. Sebastian Nixon

Abstract: Nowadays wireless technology is common and widespread in the world, and used in many areas. The technology needs, developed quality of the service and security issues. In this study we considered only on the security issues especially on the recent wireless security protocol WPA2, because WPA2 is the currently applicable in many WLAN connections and best relatively from the previous protocols. This study also verifies that a wireless intruders test in WPA2 using cracking tools with word generator tools to compare the encrypted key of wireless network with the file contains the captured packets as alphanumeric characters with the help of network monitoring and analyzer tools of window 10 for the improvement of WPA2’s security. Finally, we proposed a security mechanism to improve the security of WPA2 and also discussed on the benefits and vulnerabilities of WPA2 protocol. Keywords: WPA2, AES, CCMP, Authentication, Encryption, EAP, DH Algorithm

Title:	SCRUTINIZING THE CURRENT WI-FI SECURITY PROTOCOL (WPA2-PSK) TO IMPROVE ITS SECURITY
Author Name:	Tsega Yohannes, Dr. J. Sebastian Nixon
Abstract:	Abstract: Nowadays wireless technology is common and widespread in the world, and used in many areas. The technology needs, developed quality of the service and security issues. In this study we considered only on the security issues especially on the recent wireless security protocol WPA2, because WPA2 is the currently applicable in many WLAN connections and best relatively from the previous protocols. This study also verifies that a wireless intruders test in WPA2 using cracking tools with word generator tools to compare the encrypted key of wireless network with the file contains the captured packets as alphanumeric characters with the help of network monitoring and analyzer tools of window 10 for the improvement of WPA2’s security. Finally, we proposed a security mechanism to improve the security of WPA2 and also discussed on the benefits and vulnerabilities of WPA2 protocol. Keywords: WPA2, AES, CCMP, Authentication, Encryption, EAP, DH Algorithm
Cite this article:	Tsega Yohannes, Dr. J. Sebastian Nixon , " SCRUTINIZING THE CURRENT WI-FI SECURITY PROTOCOL (WPA2-PSK) TO IMPROVE ITS SECURITY " , International Journal of Emerging Trends & Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS), Volume 8, Issue 5, September - October 2019 , pp. 037-058 , ISSN 2278-6856.
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