RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach
Wireless networks are on the cutting edge of modern technology and rapidly gaining popularity in today’s world due to their excellent usability. For secure wireless data transmission, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), IEEE 802.11 standard defined security protocol, is employed. WEP has a potential lim...
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| author | Al Noman, Abdullah Mohd Sidek, Roslina Ramli, Abdul Rahman Ali, Md. Liakot |
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| description | Wireless networks are on the cutting edge of modern technology and rapidly gaining popularity in today’s world due to their excellent usability. For secure wireless data transmission, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), IEEE 802.11 standard defined security protocol, is employed. WEP has a potential limitation that stems from its adaptation of RC4 stream cipher algorithm. As a result, there is a pressing need for new WLAN security measure. Therefore, this paper presents hardware implementation of RC4A stream cipher and proposes to replace RC4 in WLAN security scheme, due to weakness of RC4.The design of the cipher was implemented by Verilog HDL. For hardware implementation of the design, an Altera Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) device, EP20K200EFC484-2X from APEX family, APEX 20KE, was used. |
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| spelling | upm-695742019-07-04T05:00:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69574/ RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach Al Noman, Abdullah Mohd Sidek, Roslina Ramli, Abdul Rahman Ali, Md. Liakot Wireless networks are on the cutting edge of modern technology and rapidly gaining popularity in today’s world due to their excellent usability. For secure wireless data transmission, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), IEEE 802.11 standard defined security protocol, is employed. WEP has a potential limitation that stems from its adaptation of RC4 stream cipher algorithm. As a result, there is a pressing need for new WLAN security measure. Therefore, this paper presents hardware implementation of RC4A stream cipher and proposes to replace RC4 in WLAN security scheme, due to weakness of RC4.The design of the cipher was implemented by Verilog HDL. For hardware implementation of the design, an Altera Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) device, EP20K200EFC484-2X from APEX family, APEX 20KE, was used. IEEE 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69574/1/RC4A%20stream%20cipher%20for%20WLAN%20security%20a%20hardware%20approach.pdf Al Noman, Abdullah and Mohd Sidek, Roslina and Ramli, Abdul Rahman and Ali, Md. Liakot (2008) RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach. In: 5th International Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (ICECE 2008), 20-22 Dec. 2008, Dhaka, Bangladesh. (pp. 624-627). 10.1109/ICECE.2008.4769284 |
| spellingShingle | Al Noman, Abdullah Mohd Sidek, Roslina Ramli, Abdul Rahman Ali, Md. Liakot RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach |
| title | RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach |
| title_full | RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach |
| title_fullStr | RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach |
| title_short | RC4A stream cipher for WLAN security: a hardware approach |
| title_sort | rc4a stream cipher for wlan security: a hardware approach |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69574/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69574/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/69574/1/RC4A%20stream%20cipher%20for%20WLAN%20security%20a%20hardware%20approach.pdf |