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 ...

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 ...

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 inadequacy of the Wired Equivalent Privacy protocol has delayed widespread adoption of wireless LANs in many corporations. While most network administrators and ...

Should I implement WPA or wait for 802.11i? What is the difference between the two? Q: Should I implement WPA or wait for 802.11i? What is the difference between the two? – Hardy, Durham N.C. A: First ...

Judging by a lot of recent news, research reports, and questions I'm getting via e-mail, the opportunity seems ripe to misconfigure your WLAN in a way that could waste your money and worse, cause you ...

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 ...

Consider just how vulnerable many wireless local-area networks are. WLAN data travels through the air and can be intercepted several hundred feet from its source, yet 70 to 80% of the wireless ...

eSpeaks host Corey Noles sits down with Qualcomm's Craig Tellalian to explore a workplace computing transformation: the rise of AI-ready PCs. Matt Hillary, VP of Security and CISO at Drata, details ...

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM says wireless LAN access to an enterprise adds enormous risk because the broken security model at the heart of Wi-Fi networking allows crackers to break encryption, snoop traffic, ...

I’ve been experiencing a lot of problems with my router lately, so I decided that the time had come to replace it. While I perused the store shelves at the local Best Buy and read through the various ...

Find out how WPA and WPA2 improve upon WEP's encryption methods for better wireless security. The previous tip in this series on wireless encryption methods explained how WEP works. By 2001, hacker ...