Cisco Wireless LAN Security.1587051540 Cisco wireless LAN security One issue with corporate wireless networks in general, and WLANs in particular, involves the need for security. Many early access points could not discern whether or not a particular user had authorization to access the network. . Sankar, Krishna et al. Cisco Press Cisco Press is a publishing alliance between Cisco Systems and the Pearson Education division of Pearson PLC. 2005 419 pages $55.00 Hardcover Networking technology series TK5105 Focusing on 802.11 networks, the authors cover a wide array of wireless LAN (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) security, including methods of integrating with the wired network and the next generation of authentication standards and protocols. They give a brief overview of WLAN security, then cover basic security mechanics and mechanisms, WLAN standards (including IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802 standards) WLAN fundamentals including elements and characteristics as well as basic topology and choreography, WLAN basic privacy and authentication methods, vulnerabilities and types of attacks, EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) A protocol that acts as a framework and transport for other authentication protocols. EAP uses its own start and end messages, but then carries any number of third-party messages between the client (supplicant) and access control authentication protocols, encryption and data integrity protocols, SWAN end-to-end security deployment, design standards, guidelines and examples. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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