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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2024.14

A Study of Security Issues of Eduroam Networks in Portugal

Authors: Luís Miguel Batista, Hélder Gomes, and João Rafael Almeida

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 120, 13th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE 2024)

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Enterprise Wi-Fi networks provide seamless connectivity for businesses and public entities. In educational settings, these networks are essential for delivering services to students. Eduroam is one of the most widely recognized university Wi-Fi enterprise networks. It uses 802.1x protocols and TLS tunnels to establish mutual authentication. Eduroam caters to a diverse population of students and faculty worldwide, managing a vast number of unregulated devices, some of which, require manual configuration to operate in a secure setting. This study aims to evaluate the security robustness of the 802.1x protocol, particularly within the Eduroam framework. A comprehensive study was conducted to examine compliance with institutional instructions for network configuration guidance. The results from 91 Portuguese institutions using Eduroam revealed that many lacked knowledge of Wi-Fi security. This lack of awareness is then passed on to users, resulting in vulnerable connections.

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Luís Miguel Batista, Hélder Gomes, and João Rafael Almeida. A Study of Security Issues of Eduroam Networks in Portugal. In 13th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE 2024). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 120, pp. 14:1-14:14, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2024)

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@InProceedings{batista_et_al:OASIcs.SLATE.2024.14,
  author =	{Batista, Lu{\'\i}s Miguel and Gomes, H\'{e}lder and Almeida, Jo\~{a}o Rafael},
  title =	{{A Study of Security Issues of Eduroam Networks in Portugal}},
  booktitle =	{13th Symposium on Languages, Applications and Technologies (SLATE 2024)},
  pages =	{14:1--14:14},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-321-8},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2024},
  volume =	{120},
  editor =	{Rodrigues, M\'{a}rio and Leal, Jos\'{e} Paulo and Portela, Filipe},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2024.14},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-220855},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.SLATE.2024.14},
  annote =	{Keywords: Eduroam, Wi-Fi, Credential stealing, Attack, Network, Security}
}

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