Research Article
Trace Analysis of a Wireless University Network with Authentication
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/WIOPT.2007.4480111, author={Alexander Pelov and Pierre David and Thomas No\`{\i}l}, title={Trace Analysis of a Wireless University Network with Authentication}, proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop On Wireless Network Measurement}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={WINMEE/WITMEMO}, year={2008}, month={3}, keywords={Authentication Data analysis IP networks Network servers Performance analysis Personal digital assistants Portals Telecommunication traffic Web server Wireless networks}, doi={10.1109/WIOPT.2007.4480111} }
- Alexander Pelov
Pierre David
Thomas Noël
Year: 2008
Trace Analysis of a Wireless University Network with Authentication
WINMEE/WITMEMO
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/WIOPT.2007.4480111
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.
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