Benjamin Franklin was undoubtedly thinking of 802.11b when he famously said those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither. The convenience and low price of wireless networks has lead ...

The IEEE standard called Robust Security Networking is a force to be reckoned with. As an amendment to the original 802.11 WLAN standard, 802.11i replaces the original meager 10-page WEP discussion ...

A useful free document, one not requiring registration and having 162 pages, is “Establishing Wireless Robust Security Networks: A Guide to IEEE 802.11i,” which is Special Publication 800-97 from the ...

The initial 802.11 security standard, Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), was clearly insecure. As a result, the wireless LAN industry has been developing a quartet of ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. With the recent ratification of 802.11i, and the ...

Anyone developing wireless LAN (WLAN) systems knows the security problem created by the wired equivalency protocol (WEP). The bigger issue designers must wrestle with is how to solve the problems ...

While ratification was expected, it is widely considered as necessary to renew confidence in WLAN security, particularly by enterprise IT managers. "It will definitely result in faster adoption of ...

IEEE's wireless security amendment adds stronger encryption, authentication, and key management strategies that go a long way toward guaranteeing data and system security. With the falling cost and ...

Members of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standards board will meet on Thursday to vote on the final specification for 802.11i, an update to the current standard for ...

TTPCom Ltd announced that it has delivered the 802.11i security extension to its high performance 802.11 a/b/g core intellectual property (IP) designs. TTPCom's security extension “i” compliant with ...

Wireless network specialist Aruba is conducting field trials of what it claims is the first centralised installation of a secure wireless network based on the recently ratified 802.11i standard. The ...

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