> 1. 802.11i may be ratified tomorrow > > 802.11i could be ratified as early as Thursday, bolstering WiFi > security. The IEEE SA standards committee is meeting this week in > Piscataway, New Jersey, and even if a vote on the specifications does > not take place, the committee will likely decide to end the three-year > standards process. The encryption protocol in 802.11i is based on RC4, a > stream-based algorithm developed for RSA Security. The task group has > been working on the specifications since May 2001. A month ago the > committee met to discuss comments on draft specifications 10.0, but only > two negative comments were received, and both were rejected. Since the > algorithm used in 802.11i is the same as the one used in WPA, firmware > upgrades are likely to be available within weeks of the IEEE decision. > > For more on 802.11i: > -see the eWeek article [www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1616061,00.asp] -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
