Introduction to Wireless LAN Security
Security at the Data Link layer is not a new topic. It has gotten a lot of press recently in the context of WLANs, but the IEEE 802.11 WG is only the latest subgroup of IEEE 802.11 to address the concept of security at the Data Link layer. The IEEE LMSC (a.k.a. Project 802) created the IEEE 802.10 WG in May 1988 and tasked it to create the Standard for Interoperable LAN/MAN Security (SILS). The introduction to the IEEE 802.10-1998 standard states very clearly when[1] and why the WG was created.[2]
[1] Note that this standard took 10 years to develop. Security standards are notoriously difficult to complete.
[2] This passage is excerpted from IEEE Std. 802.10-1998 (copyright 1998). All rights reserved.
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