Obfuscation Based Security Protocol for Wireless Network

Abstract

Nowadays, wireless communication has evolved remarkably and dominates all the other kinds of communication. Although it is susceptible to severe security and privacy threats, it continues to be widely used due to its easy deployability and usage. However, it is also prone to cyber-attacks due to its fragile and vulnerable topology. Therefore, encrypting the content with privacy with the latest protocols is the need of the hour. Out of several available techniques, obfuscation is one of the efficient techniques to solve the above-mentioned problem. Obfuscation is the intentional act of producing source or machine code that is challenging to understand. In the presented research work, an algorithm has been proposed that obfuscates the content using the Rivest–Shamir–Adleman (RSA) algorithm. In the above-mentioned algorithm, the data is stored on the server in obfuscated form using the client's public key. The client will use its private key to decrypt the text. Even though the private key and public key are co-related, it is not feasible to derive one from another as the process is onerous.

Keywords: Wireless communication, network security, Obfuscation, RSA algorithm, encryption