Vulnerability In WPA2 WLAN Security Protocol

Abstract

Wireless Local Area Network, the most famous Wireless technologies have become increasingly popular in recent decade and has important role in our daily life and business. Wireless communications offer users and organizations many benefits like flexibility and portability, increased productivity and lower installation cost. But because of transmission media and weaknesses in wireless protocols there are many security risks and threat. Some of these risks are like wired networks some are exacerbated by wireless connectivity. The purpose of this thesis covers details specific to WLAN technology and the security protocols deploy on different WLAN layers to mitigate the threats and vulnerabilities. Advantages and disadvantages of security protocols will be explained individually and will be compared to each other.