Saturday, May 14, 2005

Microsoft offers WPA2 Wi-Fi security  Microsoft has added a key wireless LAN security specification to Windows XP. The specification, called Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 or WPA2, requires a Wi-Fi client to include the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. WPA2 is an implementation of IEEE 802.11i, the wireless LAN security standard. The new, free software from Microsoft supports all features of WPA2, according to a Microsoft program manager. 7:16:49 PM    comment []