Vendors have been leaving the encryption software in wireless lan (wlan) modules switched off by default because it slows down the connection. As a result, some users may think they are transmitting ...

ASIDE FROM the obvious distinction of having no wires, wireless LANs or WLANs have the same physical attributes as traditional networks and require the same security considerations. Indeed, both LANs ...

The IEEE 802.11i standard will plug all known security holes in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs, also known as Wi-Fi, but probably won’t see final approval or shipping products until about a year from now, ...

This week, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the long-awaited release of WPA3, which is the latest version of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) protocol -- the user authentication technology needed for WiFi ...

There was a time, not all that long ago, when a fully-encrypted system disk was something only for people with money to burn. You bought a special disk controller which performed hardware-based ...