User authentication protocols in wireless network access control: Comparative study

Carrión-Barco G.; Quiroz K.I.C.; Fernández V.A.P.; Adrianzén D.J.F.; Coloma A.C. · RISTI - Revista Iberica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informacao (2022)

Resumen

The purpose of this research is analyze the user authentication protocols in the control of access to wireless local area networks, it presents an applied methodology with a descriptive scope and a qualitative approach under a narrative design of topics; For this, were used three categories (1) Basic authentication characteristics, (2) Authentication protocol working method and (3) Authorization, authentication and accounting functionality; having four user authentication protocols as participants: RADIUS, TACACS+, Diameter and Kerberos. After analyzing each protocol, it was possible to determine that RADIUS is the ideal protocol for user authentication in a wireless network; concluding that the study allowed to demonstrate that RADIUS offers a higher level of security, multiprotocol support, authentication and authorization of users in the control of access to wireless networks.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo