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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Enterprise security, bridge mode for AP7 access points, expanded RADIUS support, and new management controls for small ...

With the rise of cyber-attacks and increasing concerns about data privacy, network security has become an essential aspect of everyone's daily lives. Wireless networks are particularly vulnerable to ...

WPA2 is the security protocol for Wi-Fi. It replaced WEP, which was hacked many years ago. While WEP is still supported by most wireless access points, WPA2 is now the recommended security measure.

Wi-Fi security has a long and sordid past. The original Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) for 802.11 wireless networks was used with 802.11a and 802.11b. It used an RC4 ...

Find out how WPA and WPA2 improve upon WEP's encryption methods for better wireless security. The previous tip in this series on wireless encryption methods explained how WEP works. By 2001, hacker ...