SeQR: Secure and Simple Enterprise Wi-Fi Configuration

Paper accepted at ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2025

SeQR Workflow

Enterprise Wi-Fi configuration remains vulnerable to “Evil Twin” attacks due to complex client-side setup requirements that often lead to security misconfigurations. This paper introduces SeQR, a new configurator that uses QR codes to fully automate enterprise Wi-Fi setup through existing authenticated channels. By removing insecure configuration options and simplifying certificate validation, SeQR ensures users automatically establish secure connections without technical expertise. User studies demonstrate that SeQR significantly improves usability while eliminating the misconfigurations that enable credential theft attacks.

Paper: SeQR: A User-Friendly and Secure-by-Design Configurator for Enterprise Wi-Fi

BibTeX:

@inproceedings{hasan2025seqr,
  title={SeQR: A User-Friendly and Secure-by-Design Configurator for Enterprise Wi-Fi},
  author={Hasan, S Mahmudul and Tu, Che Wei and Hoque, Endadul and Chowdhury, Omar and Chau, Sze Yiu},
  booktitle={Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  pages={1--19},
  year={2025}
}