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24 June 2004
Members of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
standards board will meet on Thursday to vote on the final specification for
802.11i, an update to the current standard for Wi-Fi security.
The draft specification is expected to pass, although itˇ®s not a given
until the final votes are counted, said Stuart Kerry, who leads the working
group.
The final specification was unanimously approved by the IEEE revisions
committee on Wednesday, setting the 802.11i specification up for a final vote on
Thursday during a meeting in Piscataway, New Jersey, he said.
The 802.11i standard adds the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) security
protocol to the 802.11 standard for wireless LANs, Kerry said.
Security has been a primary concern for IT managers reluctant to deploy
wireless networks, but AES is a stronger level of security than found in the
current WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) security standard.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has designated AES as the
security standard for wireless networks that carry government information.
Enterprises with newer wireless networking equipment should be able to download
the new standard once it is ratified.
However, IT managers with older products might need to upgrade their
equipment to handle the extra processing requirements of 802.11i, the Wi-Fi
Alliance said earlier this year.
The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to certify products for 802.11i starting in September.
Later this year, the IEEE plans to begin the final approval process for the
802.11e standard for wireless video and audio. This is expected to help improve
the quality of service of wireless media networks.
The Wi-Fi Alliance had expected the standard to be approved by the end of
this year, in time for the holiday shopping season, but sources indicated
Wednesday that the 802.11e approval process should carry over well into next
year.
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