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Introducing Smartcards for Wireless LAN Security
Overview Wireless LANs based on the IEEE 802.11b have emerged as a new standard but still a lot of security issues remain. One of them issues is the authentication of a terminal to an Access Point (AP). The IEEE is currently finalizing a framework for security in IEEE 802 networks: IEEE 802.1x that is an approved draft, based on the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). On another hand, among token technologies, smartcards currently offer the best combination of flexibility, security, and cost among token technologies. They have been chosen by the DoD to be widely deployed. Therefore it becomes difficult to speak about security without evoking smartcards. This paper focuses the work on the integration of smartcards for authentication in wireless networks.
| Publisher | Schlumberger | File Format | |
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| Date Published | October 2002 | ||
| Format | White Papers | ||
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