A Survey Paper on Wireless Access Protocol

Abstract-The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a protocol stack for wireless communication networks. WAP uses WTLS, a wireless variant of the SSL/TLS protocol, to secure the communication between the mobile phone and other parts of the WAP architecture. Originally, WAP was designed with a gateway in the middle, acting as the interpreter between the Internet protocol stack and the Wireless Application Protocol stack. The WAP gateway forwards web content to the mobile phone in a way intended to accommodate the limited bandwidth of the mobile network and the mobile phones limited processing capability. However, the gateway introduces a security hole, which renders WAP unsuitable for any security-sensitive services like Banking