IEEE 802.1X is a standard that defines how to provide authentication for devices that connect with other devices on local area networks (LANs). It provides a mechanism by which network switches and ...
Anyone developing wireless LAN (WLAN) systems knows the security problem created by the wired equivalency protocol (WEP). The bigger issue designers must wrestle with is how to solve the problems ...
When WEP's flaws became apparent, the wireless industry started developing new protocols to address the published weak points. These new protocols grew up around the IEEE 802.1x framework, which is a ...