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<DIV>APPLIANCES, STANDARDS BOOST WLAN SECURITY | by Robert L.
Scheier<BR><BR>Last October in a previous wireless LAN security Roundup, we saw
a fairly bleak picture.<BR> At that time, virtual private networks (VPNs) were
the best way to fix the well-known<BR>vulnerabilities in the Wireless Encryption
Protocol (WEP), which guards most wireless </DIV>
<DIV>LANs. But VPNs cost as much as $1,500 per wireless access point (AP) and
often </DIV>
<DIV>forced you to lock yourself into one vendor's gear.<BR><BR>Since then,
we've seen progress on both the product and standards fronts. It now costs</DIV>
<DIV>as little as $200 to link an AP to an existing VPN using wireless security
"appliances" </DIV>
<DIV>from the likes of Bluesocket Inc., ReefEdge Inc. and SMC Networks
Inc.<BR><BR> Leading vendors such as Cisco Systems Inc. and Microsoft are
already supporting </DIV>
<DIV>beefed-up encryption and authentication standards that close some of the
holes in WEP. <BR> <BR>>> Read the full Roundup:<BR><A
href="http://www.searchSecurity.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci840261,00.html">http://www.searchSecurity.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci840261,00.html</A>
<BR><BR>>> Read Robert's previous Roundup on WLAN security:<BR><A
href="http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci776004,00.html">http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci776004,00.html</A>
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