WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SECURITY ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY OF ABU WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK
WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SECURITY ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY OF ABU WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK
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2011-03
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MUHAMMAD-TUKUR, SHEHU
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This research thesis work studied the security settings of Wireless Local Area Network
(WLAN), their vulnerability, and alternative solution (s), taken ABU wireless LAN as
the case study. The research work present results from a comprehensive trace of
wireless network security in a large wireless LAN which is the ABU wireless LAN
using two software tools as CommView-for-WiFi for packet capture on the network,
and Aircrack-ng for decrypting the encryption found in some Access Points (AP) within
the network coverage range. This has been carried out using the campus-wide network
of more than 100 access points (APs) spread over the buildings of the University.
Potential problem(s) and appropriate solution(s) which is the use of WPA2 has also
been discussed for the improvement of the wireless network in terms of security settings
for effective and secure communication putting access control in to cognizance.
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AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, OF
THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE OF
SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF
MATHEMATICS, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA.
MARCH, 2011.
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WIRELESS LOCAL,, NETWORK,, SECURITY,, ANALYSIS:,, ABU WIRELESS,, LOCAL AREA