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Tutorial: Wireless security
The article will guide you through the Wireless Transaction Layer Security (WLTS) standard, which acts in the same way as Secure Socket Layer (SSL), which is also known as Transport Layer Security (TLS...
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Mar 9, 2001
WAP
In the future, devices and service systems that use WAP will be able to interoperate.
The WAP layers are: Wireless Application Environment (WAE)Wireless Session Layer (WSL)Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)Wireless Transport Layer (WTP) The WAP was conceived by four companies: Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia, and Unwired Planet... More... Jul 31, 2000
Thinking about wireless security
WTLS)
The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is the most popular wireless data technology in use today. As you might expect, it has its own security mechanism, named Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS). WTLS is a wireless relative of the more common SSL mechanism used by all major Web browsers. WTLS resembles SSL in... More... Nov 8, 2001
PEAP (Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol)
local area networks) that support 802.1X port access control.
PEAP authenticates the server with a public key certificate and carries the authentication in a secure Transport Layer Security (TLS) session, over which the WLAN user, WLAN stations and the authentication server can authenticate themselves. Each... More... Jul 22, 2008
Maturing authentication clears last WLAN hurdle
different means of authentication?
LEAP is dead. Now PEAP [Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol] is gaining momentum. PEAP is a framework based loosely on Transport Layer Security (TLS). Microsoft and Cisco have taken this approach. While it is a standards-based approach, both have improved on the... More... Sep 3, 2003
Related Definitions
single stream 802.11n
Single-stream 802.11n is a slimmed-down version of the unratified 802.11n wireless local area network (WLAN) specification. The goal of single-stream 802.11n is to improve the quality of service on mobile devices by taking advantage of 802.11n's wider radio...
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Apr 6, 2009
distributed antenna system (DAS)
A distributed antenna system (DAS) is a way to efficiently distribute wireless connections inside a large building or urban area where steel columns and layers of concrete can interfere with wireless signals. A DAS gets rid of "dead zones" by routing radio...
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Mar 17, 2009
Open System Authentication (OSA)
What is Open System Authentication (OSA)?
Open System Authentication (OSA) is a process by which a computer can gain access to a wireless network that uses the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol. With OSA, a computer equipped with a wireless modem can access any WEP network and receive files that are not encrypted. ... More... Sep 30, 2008
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