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Microsoft finally acknowledges wi-fi security standard
Wednesday, 04 May 2005, 16:24 GMT

Microsoft has released native support for the IEEE 802.11i wireless security specification in Windows XP and its variants, nearly a year after the standard's ratification. The update, made available on Friday, gives Windows compatibility with WPA2 - the certification based on 802.11i - as well as a standard designed to help laptops connect to secure public hotspots.

The Wi-Fi Alliance's WPA2 is designed to replace both the outdated Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) originally built into 802.11 and the stopgap WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) specification, which implements a subset of 802.11i.

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