We currently have 802.1x PEAP with IAS and AD groups working great with our Cisco switches, however when I configure a PC to use 802.1X EAP/TLS using machine accounts and machine certificate the IAS ...

Somehow I'm managed to navigate the whitepapers and all the good/bad advice out there with relatively little hassle have a working WPA/802.1x/PEAP implementation against an IAS server in our AD. I've ...

Wireless LANs offer two things central to the adoption of communications technologies: reach and economy. Scalable end-user reach is gained without stringing wires, and the users themselves often feel ...

Wireless technologies continue to grow with no sign of slowing down. Today, companies need to understand the advances in wireless security standards so they can easily integrate wireless ...

An emerging standard in wireless security finally is giving IT departments a way to fend off key-sniffing hackers and users who install their own unauthorized access points. In At last, real wireless ...

The result was IEEE standard 802.1x, Port-Based Network Access Control. The 802.1x protocol augments the standard WEP transaction in two ways. First, it improves the initial authentication by ...

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 ...

If I implement 802.1X on my Ethernet switch ports, do I still have to worry about rogue access points? Rogue access points are like cockroaches; they’re everywhere, they’re impossible to get rid of, ...

Implementing 802.1X authentication, which includes everything from setting up a RADIUS server to keeping end users connected, isn't easy. Implementing 802.1X authentication, which includes everything ...

Last month, I covered the 802.11 wireless standard and the various options available for wireless networking. This time, let’s look at the principles of securing ...