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IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Security with Microsoft Windows

Microsoft Corporation
Published: January 2007

Abstract
Although wireless LAN networks provide freedom of movement, they also require you to address security issues that are not as prevalent on a private cabling system for a wired LAN technology such as Ethernet. The main security issues are the authentication of wireless clients and the confidentiality and data integrity of wireless LAN frames. This paper discusses the security issues of IEEE 802.11 wireless networks and shows how Microsoft® Windows® operating systems can be used to make 802.11 wireless networks as secure as the current set of 802.11-related standards and technologies allow.

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