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 ...

Milpitas, Calif. — Intersil has unveiled a Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) software upgrade for current PRISM-based Wireless Local Area Networking (WLAN) client and access point products. WPA is the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new security flaw found in the WPA/WPA2 security protocols could enable an attacker to crack WiFi passwords and compromise routers. The security flaw was found by accident, by security researcher ...

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 ...

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 ...