In the security and wireless networking world, 802.1x is a big deal. This is the Layer 2 protocol that enables device authentication. The protocol helps keep war drivers off wireless networks and is ...

Meetinghouse Data Communications is making available a free, downloadable network authentication software package for Linux operating systems. The client-side or supplicant software package ...

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 ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. This past August, the Defense Department officially launched its first enterprise cybersecurity program since 2012: Comply-to-Connect, ...

The What: LEA Professional is strengthening network security with its new 802.1X security protocol for the company's range of Connect Series amplifiers. The What Else: 802.1X is an IEEE Standard for ...

Is there such a beast? I've got a heterogenious environment (Linux, Windows, Solaris, VMware) with laptops, workstations and servers, and it's time to implement 802.1x. I'll probably start with the ...

802.1X is maturing, but it will take a skilled network technician to configure it in products across any large deployment. While previous iLabs security-based testing focused strictly on how the IEEE ...

Alameda, Calif. — The WindNet 802.1x network security solution provides a port-based network access control framework that enables OEMs to develop and deploy products with enhanced levels of security.

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, ...