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EAP-Kerberos: Leveraging the Kerberos Credential Caching Mechanism for Faster Re-authentications in Wireless Access Networks

Authors:
Saber Zrelli
Nobuo Okabe
Yoichi Shinoda

Keywords: Wireless; Authentication; Handoff; Performance

Abstract:
Although the wireless technology nowadays provides satisfying bandwidth and higher speeds, it still lacks improvements with regard to handoff performance. Existing solutions for reducing handoff delays are specific to a particular network technology or require expensive upgrades of the whole infrastructure. In this paper, we investigate performance benefits of leveraging the Kerberos ticket cashing mechanism for achieving faster re-authentications in IEEE 802.11 wireless access networks. For this purpose, we designed a new EAP authentication method, EAP-Kerberos, and evaluated re-authentication performance in different scenarios.

Pages: 281 to 286

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2010

Publication date: October 25, 2010

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4278

ISBN: 978-1-61208-100-7

Location: Florence, Italy

Dates: from October 25, 2010 to October 30, 2010