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Unit 12: Secure Application

Unit 12: Secure Application Notes

CONTENTS

Objectives
Introduction
12.1 Security Basics
12.1.1 Wireless Security Setup
12.2 WAP Security Architecture

12.2.1 Sample Configurations of WAP Technology
12.2.2 Comparison between WAP and Internet Protocol Layers
12.3 Session Management

12.3.1 Client Authentication
12.3.2 WML for Secure Applications
12.3.3 Cleaning Up
12.4 Summary
12.5 Keywords

12.6 Review Questions
12.7 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

 Scan security basics
 Describe WAP security architecture
 Demonstrate session management
 Recognize WML for secure applications

Introduction

The WAP platform has leveraged the lessons from the development of other platforms, such as
the HTML browser, and it has built-in facilities to address security. The WAP platform provides
you with facilities at the transport level to ensure confidentiality and message integrity. The
Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) provides security for the data exchanged directly
between the wireless device and the WAP gateway. In this unit we will WAP security basics and
architecture.

12.1 Security Basics

This intro to wireless networking setup and security is written with the assumption that the
reader has a basic understanding of wired networks, because in terms of protocol, wireless
works almost the same way. The difference is in the wireless component and associated hardware
configuration.

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