Abstract
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
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICIS 2009 |
Editors | Huaikou Miao, Gongzhu Hu |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, USA |
Publisher | IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Pages | 812-817 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780769536415 |
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Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Event | 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICIS 2009 - Shanghai, China Duration: 1 Jun 2009 → 3 Jun 2009 |
Conference
Conference | 8th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, ICIS 2009 |
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Country/Territory | China |
City | Shanghai |
Period | 1/06/09 → 3/06/09 |