I'll start with the background. We have wireless deployed in certain locations at work. It's currently setup using WPA2-Enterprise with AES encryption and the authentication is EAP-TLS. All our ...

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 ...

If the challenge of securing a wireless LAN wasn't already confusing enough, things have just gotten worse. The confusion started last month when the Wi-Fi Alliance changed the WPA and WPA2 standards ...

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Last month, I covered the 802.11 wireless standard and the various options available for wireless networking. This time, let’s look at the principles of securing ...

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.

<B>Problem:</B> Using 802.1x EAP-TLS infrastructure with both user and computer certificates, computers are unable to log on locally with WiFi. If the workstation is a member of the domain, it will ...

Wireless LANs offer two things central to the adoption of communications technologies: reach and economy. Scalable end-user reach is gained without stringing wires, and the users themselves often feel ...

Organizations using port-based network access control (NAC) devices to contain wireless intruders may be less secure than they assume. Unless an organization is using the most secure WPA2-EAP ...

Let’s start with a look at the EAP over LAN (EAPOL) mechanism defined in 802.1x. Figure 2 shows a standard EAP transaction, in which a client, called a peer, negotiates an authentication protocol with ...