Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) is the security layer of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) stack. It is specifically designed to provide security services for wireless environments, which are characterized by low bandwidth and high latency. WTLS ensures confidentiality through encryption, data integrity through message authentication codes (MACs), and authentication through digital certificates. It is functionally analogous to the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol used in the standard internet protocol suite but is optimized for constrained mobile devices and networks. Its primary goal is to secure the connection between a mobile client and a WAP gateway.

A. S-WAP is not a standard protocol within the WAP architecture; it is a distractor. Security in WAP is handled by a specific layer, not a generic "Secure-WAP" protocol.

C. WSP (Wireless Session Protocol) operates at the session layer, managing the establishment and termination of sessions. It does not provide cryptographic security services like encryption or integrity.

D. WDP (Wireless Datagram Protocol) is the transport layer of the WAP stack, analogous to UDP. It provides a datagram service but lacks any inherent security mechanisms.

1. Schulzrinne

H. (2002). WAP - Wireless Application Protocol. Columbia University

Department of Computer Science. CSEE 4119

Network Protocols and Applications. Slide 21 describes the WAP protocol stack

identifying WTLS as the security layer responsible for "authentication

privacy

integrity". Retrieved from https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/teaching/4119/f02/lect/wap.pdf

2. WAP Forum. (2001

April 6). Wireless Transport Layer Security Specification

Version 06-Apr-2001 (WAP-261-WTLS-20010406-a). Open Mobile Alliance. Section 5

"Goals of the WTLS Layer

" p. 13

states

"The WTLS protocol is intended to provide privacy

data integrity and authentication between two communicating applications."

3. Penttinen

J. T. (2015). The Telecommunications Handbook: Engineering Guidelines for Fixed

Mobile and Satellite Systems. John Wiley & Sons. Chapter 10.2.2

"The WAP Protocol Stack

" p. 418

explicitly states

"The Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS) provides security functions similar to TLS... It provides data integrity

privacy

and authentication..."