Title: Near field communication-triggered wireless local area network authentication

Authors: Vincent R. Sarmiento; Yna Maxene P. Campana; Benedick San Gabriel; John Joshua F. Montañez

Addresses: Department of Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology, Peñafrancia Avenue, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines ' Department of Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology, Peñafrancia Avenue, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines ' Department of Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology, Peñafrancia Avenue, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines ' Intellectual Property Management Office, Department of Electronics Engineering, College of Engineering, Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology, Peñafrancia Avenue, Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines

Abstract: User authentications has become a necessary part of every communication protocol. There is a boundary between security and user convenience when authenticating. Near Field Communication (NFC) is a tool for interfacing connections. This was implemented through software and hardware development of the network to handle database and dedicated login credentials for each user when connecting to a wireless network. WPA/WPA2 Enterprise Authentication was used with Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) to create the network. NFC-implemented authentication was compared with traditional authentication regarding speed and security vulnerabilities. Results from the tests conducted have shown significant improvement in using NFC as a means to bring more convenience to the authentication process, garnering an average speed of 9.82 seconds compared to the traditional one, having high variability depending on different password lengths, having an average 19.5 seconds and an increased average of 9.55 seconds for every eight additional characters to the password.

Keywords: near field communication; radio frequency identification; remote authentication dial-in user service; Wi-Fi; WPA; Wi-Fi protected access.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIPT.2024.143774

International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, 2024 Vol.17 No.1, pp.42 - 52

Received: 11 Jun 2024
Accepted: 24 Nov 2024
Published online: 06 Jan 2025 *