Gal Leibovich Liran Manor Supervisor: Hai Vortman

Background  Network security is one of the most challenging aspects of the data communication area, especially in wireless networks  A rapid growth in the number of wireless networks in the last few years The importance of taking measurements in order to secure the wireless networks is very high  A need for a tool which reports:  Diagnosis of security properties of nearby wireless networks  Offers recommendations for security improvement  Offers general recommendations about the wireless infrastructure (Bonus)

WSA Architecture  Based on Managed Wi-Fi library  A.NET class library allows you to control wireless network adapters that are installed on your Windows machine  The library wraps the “Native Wi-Fi API”, which: Contains functions, structures, and enumerations that support wireless network connectivity and wireless profile management Designed for C/C++ developers  Available since Windows Vista and Windows XP SP2 (only after applying a hotfix provided in KB article )KB article

WSA Architecture – Cont.  Four classes are used to implement WSA

DSSecurity Dataset  Two basic tables define the authentication and encryption algorithms  Only relevant combinations are held in two dedicated tables  Only one recommendation table will be used according to the user’s input – different recommendations for different user types  Easy updating