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Exploring Wireless Networking Security: Challenges and Advancements

Calendar Nov 26, 2003 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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data protection wireless security authentication protocol business integration networking challenges
Uncertainty about the technology remains so great that many big businesses are still reluctant to install wireless systems throughout their offices. But while perceptions are hard to change, progress is being made. A new standard is in development that should ease . . . Uncertainty about the technology remains so great that many big businesses are still reluctant to install wireless systems throughout their offices. But while perceptions are hard to change, progress is being made. A new standard is in development that should ease security fears and also cut back on confusion about how to better protect data.

Vipin Jain, inventor of the 802.1x authentication protocol and a vice president at Extreme Networks, recently spoke with CNET News.com about recent security developments in the context of wireless networking.

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