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Challenges of Wireless Security TCP in Wired-Cum-Wireless Environments

Challenges of Wireless Security TCP in Wired-Cum-Wireless Environments. Presented by – Vijaiendra Singh Bhatia CSCI 5939 Independent Study – Wireless Security . Introduction . Most of the wireless technologies were not designed with security as top priority.

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Challenges of Wireless Security TCP in Wired-Cum-Wireless Environments

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  1. Challenges of Wireless SecurityTCP in Wired-Cum-Wireless Environments Presented by – Vijaiendra Singh Bhatia CSCI 5939 Independent Study – Wireless Security

  2. Introduction • Most of the wireless technologies were not designed with security as top priority. • It is challenging to implement security in wireless devices due to device characteristics. • Difficult to consider various security related issues like integrity, confidentiality, authentication and access control at the same time.

  3. Security approaches in - • LAN 802.11 standard • The Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm is used to protect wireless communication from interception and to prevent unauthorized access to wireless network . • WEP relies on a secret key which is used to encrypt data that is shared between a mobile station (eg. a laptop with a wireless ethernet card) and an access point (i.e. a base station).

  4. Security approaches in - • WAP • WAP specifies the WTLS ( wireless transport layer security protocol ) which provides authentication, data integrity and privacy services. • WTLS is based on the widely used TLS security layer used in Internet. • WTLS generally uses RSA-based cryptography, and can also use elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC), which provides a high level security.

  5. Security aspects - • Authentication • WPKI – provides a set of technologies that relies on encryption and digital certificates. ( slimmed down version of PKI ) • Smart Cards – it is a local way to authenticate user, provides more security on top of username password structure. • NES (Neomar’s Enterprise Server) – act as a single point of access for mobile devices and provides integration with the corporation's management and security infrastructure.

  6. Security aspects - • VPN ( Virtual Private Network ) – These system uses encryption and other security mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can access the network and that the data cannot be intercepted. • Firewalls - A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. A WAP gateway can be used as a single point of entry for an enterprise’s wireless systems.

  7. Wireless Security Issues - • In IEEE 802.11 • WEP was intended only to provide the basic security found in wireline LAN’s. • It has serious weaknesses as it shares single secret key. • Cryptography – It has problems with the way WEP uses the cryptographic primitives. • 802.11 encryption is readily breakable, 50-70% networks never even turn on encryption.

  8. Wireless Security Issues - • WAP Phones - • Many e-commerce sites uses SSL security. • At the WAP gateway, during the conversion of encryption from WTLS to SSL format, message is briefly unencrypted and is thus subjected to interception.

  9. Future Standards - • PIC (Pre-IKE Credential ) - A PIC-based system's authentication server would authenticate devices that are authorized to communicate with the system.  • OMAP (Open Multimedia Applications Protocol ) - a library of software from various vendors that will permit secure transactions on wireless devices that use TI's digital signal processors. • MeT (Mobile electronic Transactions ) - Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, and Siemens have formed an alliance to develop standards for secure mobile activities.

  10. TCP in Wired-Cum-Wireless Environments

  11. TCP in Wired-Cum-Wireless Environment • TCP assumption • Homogeneous: data network • Wired transmission error: rare • Wireless Environment • Heterogeneous network • Limited bandwidth • Long round trip time (RTT)

  12. TCP in Wired-Cum-Wireless Environment • TCP in wireless environment • Random loss • A segment loss triggers congestion avoidance • Frequent restarts and small sender’s window • Retransmissions • Poor throughput

  13. A wired-cum-wireless Internet • Diversification in end-host capabilities • Workstations coexist with WebTVs, wireless phones, and PDAs. • Reliable transmissions are needed for web browsing, e-mail, file transfers, etc. • Wireless media exhibit different transmission characteristics than wired. • Random losses due to fading, shadowing • Often, long RTTs and low bandwidth • Power consumption becomes an issue

  14. End-user wireless networks • Wireless LANs • Sufficient bandwidth and relatively small RTTs, but limited user mobility (IEEE 802.11, HIPERLAN/1) • Wide Area Wireless Data Networks • Limited bandwidth, long RTTs, jitter, increased user mobility (CDPD, GPRS) • Cellular Networks • Handle voice and data (GSM, IS-95) • Same characteristics as WAWDNs, but circuit-switched • Not so economical for data transfers

  15. TCP in a wireless environment • Limited bandwidth • Long round trip times • Random losses • User mobility • Short flows • Power consumption

  16. TCP solution over wireless environment

  17. Taxonomy of solutions • Link layer solutions • TCP-aware LL protocols (e.g. snoop) • TCP-unaware LL protocols (e.g. TULIP) • Split connections • Indirect-TCP • Wireless Application Protocol • TCP modifications (e.g. SACK, Santa Cruz) • New transport protocols (e.g. WTCP)

  18. Link Layer Solutions • Link layer know packet drop • Locally buffer and retransmission • Fast response • Transparent to existing software & hardware • Relative reliable delivery, with TCP

  19. Link Layer Solutions • TCP-Aware LL • Snoop agent in BS • Knowledge of TCP • Snoop timeout < TCP timeout • TCP-Unaware LL • Don’t have knowledge of TCP • Aware of reliable TCP & unreliable UDP • More possibility of LL & TCP retransmission • LL retransmission timeout < TCP timeout • Designed for half-duplex wireless channel

  20. Split connection • Indirect TCP • Improved throughput • Split TCP connection into 2 (wired & wireless) at BS • BS acknowledges segment to sender, before the segment reach the receiver • Violate TCP semantics • Split TCP connection several times

  21. TCP modifications The main cause is TCP assumptions • Modify TCP to differentiate congestion loss, random loss and handoff • Only peer TCP upgraded • Not all to improve TCP over wireless • Many variations proposed to improve performance in different scenarios • Different perspectives • Slow start is too aggressive, causing fast congestion • Initial congestion window is too low

  22. TCP modifications TCP SACK (Selective ACK) • Instead of cumulative ACK, selective ACK for out of order packet. Less retransmission of successful received. • TCP FACK (Forward Acknowledgement) • Make intelligent decisions about data that should be retransmitted • TCP Santa Cruz • Keep records of sending & receiving time • Estimate whether congestion is built up

  23. TCP modifications • Delayed ACK • No loss, cumulative ack. Loss, immediate ack. • DAASS (Delayed ACK after Slow Start) • After slow start is congestion avoidance, need less traffic • ACK Pacing • Rate based, instead of window based • ECN (Explicit Congestion Notification) • Router informs congestion • ELN (Explicit Loss Notification) • Loss is informed

  24. New Transport Protocols • WTCP (wireless TCP) • Designed for CDPD or wireless WAN: low BW, high latency • WTCP attempts to predict when a segment loss is due to transmission errors or due to congestion • Rate based, an algorithm to inform sender of increasing or reducing sending rate • Keep track of statistics for non-congestion segment losses • Use of ACK and SACK • Not been proven

  25. WAP • WAP stack provides WTP which is message oriented, i.e., the basic unit of interchange is entire message not a byte stream as in TCP. • WTP offers various security mechanisms as well as data compression and encryption, provided by WTLS protocol.

  26. Conclusion • TCP performance is poor under wireless environment • TCP over wireless • Link layer • Split connection • TCP modifications • Most developments are specific cases, not for general solution • New protocol designed for wireless just born, still need developments.

  27. References • Facing the challenges of wireless security - http://nas.cl.uh.edu/yang/teaching/csci5939wirelessSecurity/MillerWirelessSecurityJuly01.pdf • TCP in wired-cum-wireless environment - http://nas.cl.uh.edu/yang/teaching/csci5939wirelessSecurity/pentikousis.pdf • Wireless Security http://www.peterindia.com/WirelessSecurity.html • Neomar Server http://www.neomar.com/news/releases/02.01.10developer.html • WEP http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/WEP.html

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