Providing Location Based Security to an Unencrypted WiFi Network

For this project, we investigate different methods of adding locationbased security to a WLAN network. A literature review is done to confirm the current state-of-the-art on the subject, and we scrutinize the available methods based on practicality, security, and simplicity. We then further delve into a few specific methods with good properties based on the prior review, to confirm if these are suitable for a proof-of-principle implementation. Finally, if a suitable method is found, we develop the proof-of-principle to show that the system can work in practice. iii [ June 2017 at 7:53 – classicthesis version 1.0 ] [ June 2017 at 7:53 – classicthesis version 1.0 ] A C K N O W L E D G E M E N T S Thanks to Bengt Eriksson, Magnus Porsgaard and Omid Manikhi of HMS Industrial Networks (HMS) for lending technical assistance. Professor Alexey Vinel for academic support and guidance. v [ June 2017 at 7:53 – classicthesis version 1.0 ] [ June 2017 at 7:53 – classicthesis version 1.0 ]