A firewall for Wi-Fi networks

Bangalore’s wi-fi networks are not secure. Two sting reports published by Bangalore Mirror showed how wi-fi networks at Electronics City and Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) were vulnerable to hacking. However, two computer engineering students Michael Connor and Balaji Narayan from RV College of Engineering took it up as a challenge and have now come up with a software solution, called Byzanite Secure Multi-Cast Routing, that thwarts insider attacks.

Balaji Narayan and Michael Connor (right) Connor said, “Wireless networks provide an open medium of communication through transmission of data through the radio band channel. Due to the open nature of the medium, they are highly insecure and susceptible to attacks from hackers and other malicious systems. Our project is based on providing a software solution by implementing a secure protocol that heavily relies on authentication of various nodes involved in the wireless network and also encapsulating the data packets into secure payloads.”