Using WPA on your phone. Wi-Fi Protected Access is a Wi-Fi security technology developed in response to the weaknesses of Wired Equivalent Privacy standards. It ...

This short primer will provide a few guidelines to consider when choosing an Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method, one element of the authentication component of your Wi-Fi security plan.

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 ...

Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol, better known as PEAP is a protocol that adds an extra layer of security to wireless LANs and point-to-point connections with PEAP passwords. The protocol ...

What is the best EAP type to use when setting up an enterprise WLAN? Selecting the appropriate Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) method for your wireless network is a pivotal security decision ...

Joshua Wright, the systems engineer who created a tool that targets wireless LANs protected by Cisco Systems Inc.’s Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol (LEAP), said he did so to demonstrate ...

Apple’s iOS 8 addresses a serious weakness that could allow attackers to hijack the wireless network authentication of Apple devices and gain access to enterprise networks. “An attacker could have ...

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WPA brings several security improvements to the airwaves. WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), which replaces WEP's 40-bit static key with a 128-bit dynamically assigned key. That ...

"RADIUS" is an acronym for Remote Authentication Dial In User Service. Your business can implement a RADIUS server to enhance network security. RADIUS associates with a client, such as a wireless ...

Certificate misconfigurations of the EAP protocol in Eduroam (and likely other networks globally) threaten Android and Windows users. Multiple configuration flaws in a free Wi-Fi network used by ...