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The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol is a vital component to the protection of data as it traverses across networks. From e-commerce websites to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), TLS protects massive amounts of private information, and protecting this data from Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks is imperative to keeping the information secure. This thesis illustrates how an attacker can successfully perform a MitM attack against a TLS connection without alerting the user to his activities. By deceiving the client machine into using a false certificate, an attacker takes away the only active defense mechanism a user has against a MitM. The goal for this research is to determine if a time threshold exists that can indicate the presence of a MitM in this scenario. An analysis of the completion times between TLS handshakes without a MitM, with a passive MitM, and with an active MitM is used to determine if this threshold is calculable. Any conclusive findings supporting the existence of a timing baseline can be considered the first steps toward finding the value of the threshold and creating a second layer defense to actively protect against a MitM.

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• Full title: Detecting Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Against Transport Layer Security Connections with Timing Analysis
• Author: Lauren M Wagoner
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 126
• EAN: 9781288302505
• ISBN: 9781288302505
• ID: 08242298
• Publisher: Biblioscholar
• Weight: 240 g
• Dimensions: 246 × 189 × 7 mm
• Date of publishing: 15. November 2012

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