%0 Journal Article
%T Securing Authentication of TCP/IP Layer Two By Modifying Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol
%A M. W. Youssef
%J Advanced Computing : an International Journal
%D 2012
%I Academy & Industry Research Collaboration Center (AIRCC)
%X Computer communications have been playing a vital role in the world economy. Government organizations, large companies and banks are using those networks in trading their data. This imposed a challenge due to the increasing need for protecting the sensitive data traded over those networks. This research presents a mechanism to protect computers communication over open un-trusted networks, primarily, that mechanism relies on securing communication authentication. In order to do that, the communication protection mechanism modifies the Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) which is responsible for the authentication of communication of layer two High-level Data Link Control (HDLC) protocol.
%K Computer Security
%K Computer Network
%K Network Security
%K Network Protocols
%K Network Addressing
%K RFCs
%K Cloud Computing.
%U http://airccse.org/journal/acij/papers/0312acij02.pdf