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 ...

AirDefense recently did a Wireless LAN security survey of New York City retailers where they declared two thirds of retailers insecure according to John Cox's story. According to the AirDefense survey ...

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 ...

The flaw is not newly-discovered but rather was discussed during the ratification process, according to the paper's author, Robert Moskowitz, senior technical director for ICSA Labs. Network equipment ...

New wireless security standard could drive hot spot, academic installations. The wireless LAN industry’s first crack at security – 802.11 Wired Equivalent Privacy ...

In response to my popular "The six dumbest ways to secure a Wireless LAN", Timothy wrote a letter to me asking if there was any legitimate deterrence value against the casual hacker to some of the ...

In Friday’s IT Blogwatch, we have the key to your data, or maybe not. Not to mention where it’s shakin’… Robert McMillan cracked the case: Security researchers say they’ve developed a way to partially ...

I have two XP machines, one Home and one Pro, and a D-Link DI-524 wireless router. With WPA security, both machines access the internet fine, but attempting to move files between the machines is ...

Wi-Fi silicon vendor Broadcom plans to release new Wi-Fi security software that allows users to easily set up secure home wireless networks with access points from Linksys Group and devices from ...

I just got done securing my network with WPA-SPK security options last night. I didn't run into any problems with setup and getting my other windows boxes working. However, my linx bux (distro fedora ...

Microsoft Corp. last week added support for a new set of wireless LAN security specifications to Windows XP, and WLAN hardware that uses the same specs is expected from several vendors later this ...