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Security fix proposed for wireless LANs
Monday, 2 August 2004 15:51 ESTWireless-LAN access point developer Aruba Wireless Networks will provide recommendations to the Internet Engineering Task Force this week aimed at preventing security breaches in Radius network access servers with WLAN clients. The company said the widespread use of WLANs in enterprise networks is exacerbating security problems in Radius (remote authentication dial-in user service) servers.
Aruba (San Jose, Calif.) said Radius developers have traditionally shied away from implementations featuring strong password protection and Internet Protocol security (IPsec) techniques. "There is a gap in implementation," said chief technology officer Merwyn Andrade.
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