Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach

Vijay Kumar Sharma; DR. Priyanka Sharma

Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach

February 2017

Vol-3, Issue-1

Paper ID: 3805

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Abstract & Details

Research Area

Mobile Security

Keywords

Android Android Apps Servers Data in motion Transport Layer Security Secure Socket Layer Encryption Man In The Middle Attack Vulnerabilities Configuration Open source tools practical

Abstract

In present for shopping, payments, social media, chatting for all work we Android users are mostly use Android apps. As bulk of data is communicated between Android Apps and servers so security of data is a very big concern. The research indicates that the lake of awareness to using transport layer security (TLS/SSL) (encryption) by developers which is leads the data to man-in-the-middle attacks. The data in motion can be captured by a third person by using man in the middle attack so proper tuning of the encryption (TLS/SSL) and keys are very important, In this paper we discussed about the how can we check the flaws of security in Android Apps and this paper focused on the how to secure the Android apps and server communication and what are the main vulnerabilities are occurring in present days though the transport layer encryption is vulnerable. This paper discussed about the main reasons to transport layer vulnerabilities and practical implementation and limitations as well i.e. improper development of android app, Insecure server configuration, unawareness of TLS by the users, the paper discuss the open source tools and lights on usefulness of that tools for testing the TLS flaws In the Android Apps. At the end of the paper we discussed what are the key distance between theory and practical limitations to apply the (TLS/SSL) encryption while data in motion. With the discussions of the TLS flaws paper also give some proper solution regarding that flaw and also discussed about the present research work and the future scope of the research on the topic.

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Author Information

#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	Vijay Kumar Sharma	Raksha Shakti University,Ahmedabad,Gujrat
2	DR. Priyanka Sharma	Raksha Shakti University,Ahmedabad,Gujrat

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APA Style

Sharma, Vijay Kumar & Sharma, DR. Priyanka (2017). Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 3(1), 1026-1042.

MLA Style

Sharma, Vijay Kumar, and DR. Priyanka Sharma. "Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 3, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1026-1042.

IEEE Style

Vijay Kumar Sharma and DR. Priyanka Sharma, "Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 1026-1042, 2017.

Vancouver Style

Sharma Vijay Kumar, Sharma DR. Priyanka. Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2017;3(1):1026-1042.

Harvard Style

Sharma, Vijay Kumar & Sharma, DR. Priyanka (2017) 'Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 3(1), pp. 1026-1042.

Chicago Style

Sharma, Vijay Kumar and DR. Priyanka Sharma. "Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 3, no. 1 (2017): 1026-1042.

Turabian Style

Sharma, Vijay Kumar and DR. Priyanka Sharma. "Penetration Testing of Transport Layer Security in Android Applications: A Practical Approach." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 3, no. 1 (2017): 1026-1042.