Wireless Networks and Security
Assessment
Details and Submission Guidelines
Assessment Title Design and implementation of
secure enterprise wireless network for a university campus
Weight 20%
Total Marks 100
Word limit 2000-2500
Secure
enterprise wireless local area networks LANs are an important component of
modern network architecture. Such networks are required to support mobile
devices and provide connectivity where wired connections are not practical or
cost prohibitive.
Enterprise
wireless LAN deployments have evolved from guest access in conference rooms, to
limited hot zones of connectivity within the enterprise to full coverage
throughout the organization. Unfortunately, many of these deployments are still
insecure, leaving opportunities for the just plain curious or malicious hackers
to try and access confidential enterprise information. Securing a wireless LAN
is not hard – industry advances in technology and vendor innovation makes this
easier than ever.
WPA2-Enterprise
deployment includes installing a remote authentication dial-in user service
RADIUS server, configuring access points with the encryption and RADIUS server
information, configuring your operating system with the encryption and IEEE
802.1x settings, and then connecting to your secure wireless enterprise.
The
standard for passing EAP over a network is IEEE 802.1x. In this authentication
framework, the user who wishes to be authenticated is the supplicant. The
RADIUS server doing the authentication is the authentication server, and the
device at the AP, such as a laptop or smartphone, is the authentication.
This
assignment requires the students to design and implement a secure enterprise
wireless network for a university campus, considering the ethical implications
and the requirements of a modern campus. The students are required to complete
the following tasks and submit a report on Moodle.
1. Explore
the ethical implications in the design and implementation of a secure
enterprise wireless network for a university campus.
2. Identify
and analyse the requirements of a university campus and justify the use of WLANs
in this scenario
3.
Design
a secure enterprise wireless network for a university campus, employing Boson
Netsim.
4. Analysis
of the secure enterprise wireless network using WPA2 and the RADIUS server,
considering the following aspects:
a.
Confidentiality
b.
Integrity
c.
Availability
d.
Security
e.
Privacy
5. Implementation
of a secure enterprise wireless network using WPA2 and the RADIUS server for a
university campus.
6. Describe
the tools that can be used to verify the security of this network by
demonstrating if hackers can still attack this network.
7.
Demonstration
in Week 11 during the Lab.
The
tutor will assign the groups, maximum number of students in a group is 4 and
the students in each group should be from the same lab. Each member of the
group will be assessed individually in the demonstration.
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