RADIO FREQUENCY FOOTPRINT COMPARISON OF THE TLS AND MLS SECURITY PROTOCOLS
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Authors
Yuan, Ching-Ting
Subjects
Message Layer Security
MLS
Transport Layer Security
TLS
radio frequency
RF
footprint
data transmission
MLS
Transport Layer Security
TLS
radio frequency
RF
footprint
data transmission
Advisors
Monarrez, Aurelio Jr.
Lukefahr, Joseph W.
Hale, Britta
Date of Issue
2023-12
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Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
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This thesis presents an analysis of the effects on radio frequency (RF) of secure channel establishment methods, focusing on the comparison between Transport Layer Security (TLS) and Message Layer Security (MLS) protocols. The study explores the impact of these protocols on RF footprint and network utilization in wireless communications, especially under varying message sizes. Simulations were conducted to examine the channel power, network utilization, and spectrogram analysis of both protocols. The results highlight TLS's higher power output and network bytes requirement compared to MLS. The findings also reveal that TLS also exhibits increased RF footprint over MLS, an important consideration for military operations emphasizing Low Probability of Detection (LPD) and Low Probability of Intercept (LPI). This research contributes to the understanding of secure communication protocols in RF environments, offering insights into their practical applications and paving the way for future work in optimizing secure communication strategies in wireless networks.
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Computer Science (CS)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.