Trace Analysis of a Wireless University Network with Authentication Export

@inproceedings{pelov07traceanalysis, abstract = {In this paper we have analyzed traces gathered from 36 buildings part of 3 different universities, libraries, laboratories and public places. The availability of login information allowed us to quantify the MAC address sharing. In addition, we have described a procedure applicable to both WPA/802.1X and captive portal authentication logs, which in conjunction with association traces can be used to uniquely identify users with increased confidence. We found out that a non-negligible percentage - 36\% - of the 400 thousand associations we studied are without corresponding authentications. We also found that 32\% of the users have used the secured network and have caused 45\% of the associations.}, author = {Pelov, Alexander and David, Pierre and Noel, Thomas}, booktitle = {Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks and Workshops, 2007. WiOpt 2007. 5th International Symposium on}, citeulike-article-id = {3390795}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WIOPT.2007.4480111}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=4480111}, doi = {10.1109/WIOPT.2007.4480111}, journal = {Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks and Workshops, 2007. WiOpt 2007. 5th International Symposium on}, keywords = {analysis, authentication, device, login, sharing, trace, traces, wi-fi, wlan}, pages = {1--6}, posted-at = {2008-10-09 14:34:30}, priority = {0}, title = {Trace Analysis of a Wireless University Network with Authentication}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WIOPT.2007.4480111}, year = {2007} }

TY - CONF ID - pelov07traceanalysis L3 - citeulike-article-id:3390795 N2 - In this paper we have analyzed traces gathered from 36 buildings part of 3 different universities, libraries, laboratories and public places. The availability of login information allowed us to quantify the MAC address sharing. In addition, we have described a procedure applicable to both WPA/802.1X and captive portal authentication logs, which in conjunction with association traces can be used to uniquely identify users with increased confidence. We found out that a non-negligible percentage - 36% - of the 400 thousand associations we studied are without corresponding authentications. We also found that 32% of the users have used the secured network and have caused 45% of the associations. JF - Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks and Workshops, 2007. WiOpt 2007. 5th International Symposium on EP - 6 TI - Trace Analysis of a Wireless University Network with Authentication T2 - Modeling and Optimization in Mobile, Ad Hoc and Wireless Networks and Workshops, 2007. WiOpt 2007. 5th International Symposium on SP - 1 KW - analysis KW - authentication KW - device KW - login KW - sharing KW - trace KW - traces KW - wi-fi KW - wlan AU - Pelov, Alexander AU - David, Pierre AU - Noel, Thomas PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WIOPT.2007.4480111 ER -