A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment

Secure web sites usually use HTTPS connection to secure transactions such as money transactions, online payment, and e-commerce. The use of HTTPS gives a sense of protection against attacks such as man in the middle (MITM) attack. This paper analyzes HTTPS connections against MITM by simulating real...

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Main Authors: Ahmed , Mohiuddin, Hazza, Muataz
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/13337/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/13337/1/A_Novel_Algorithm_to_Prevent_Man.pdf
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description Secure web sites usually use HTTPS connection to secure transactions such as money transactions, online payment, and e-commerce. The use of HTTPS gives a sense of protection against attacks such as man in the middle (MITM) attack. This paper analyzes HTTPS connections against MITM by simulating real MITM attacks on different HTTPS connections such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Bank accounts. It was found that with the use of right tools, HTTPS connections can be broken and passwords can be sniffed and viewed in plain text. To prevent MITM against HTTPS in LAN environment a novel algorithm (DepMAC-IP) is proposed and discussed in detail. DepMAC-IP is expected to secure LAN environment not only against MITM but also against other similar attacks.
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spelling iium-133372013-08-14T06:28:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/13337/ A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment Ahmed , Mohiuddin Hazza, Muataz T Technology (General) T58.5 Information technology Secure web sites usually use HTTPS connection to secure transactions such as money transactions, online payment, and e-commerce. The use of HTTPS gives a sense of protection against attacks such as man in the middle (MITM) attack. This paper analyzes HTTPS connections against MITM by simulating real MITM attacks on different HTTPS connections such as Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Bank accounts. It was found that with the use of right tools, HTTPS connections can be broken and passwords can be sniffed and viewed in plain text. To prevent MITM against HTTPS in LAN environment a novel algorithm (DepMAC-IP) is proposed and discussed in detail. DepMAC-IP is expected to secure LAN environment not only against MITM but also against other similar attacks. 2010 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/13337/1/A_Novel_Algorithm_to_Prevent_Man.pdf Ahmed , Mohiuddin and Hazza, Muataz (2010) A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment. In: A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment, 11 April 2010 through 15 April 2010, Orlando.
spellingShingle T Technology (General)
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Ahmed , Mohiuddin
Hazza, Muataz
A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment
title A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment
title_full A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment
title_fullStr A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment
title_full_unstemmed A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment
title_short A novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in LAN environment
title_sort novel algorithm to prevent man in the middle attack in lan environment
topic T Technology (General)
T58.5 Information technology
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/13337/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/13337/1/A_Novel_Algorithm_to_Prevent_Man.pdf