Overview of wireless network security
Safety in 802.11 networks
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Overview of wireless network security
Safety in 802.11 networks

Authors : Maryline LAURENT, Aymen BOUDGUIGA

Publication date: October 10, 2010 | Lire en français

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2. Overview of wireless network security

In 2004, wireless LANs took a major step forward with the publication of the IEEE 802.1X standard and the IEEE 802.11i amendment. These two documents differ in content as follows:

  • IEEE 802.1X describes the set of protocols and message formats used to authenticate a terminal wishing to connect to a network, whether wired or wireless. It is described in greater detail in 3 ;

  • IEEE...

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