
CHAPTER 7
Roaming Securely in 802.11
7.1 Introduction
7.2 The 802.11 Security Staircase
7.3 Preauthentication in 802.11i
7.4 Detailed Analysis of Real-Life Secured Roams
7.5 Dissection of a WPA-PSK Protected Roam
7.6 Dissection of a WPA2 Enterprise Roam
7.7 Dissection of an 802.11i Preauthentication
7.8 Summary
7.1 Introduction
Security concerns in 802.11 were a complete afterthought; the design team did no upfront
planning. Therefore, it is rather amazing that security in 802.11 turns out to be such a critical
component of what has become one of the most important data communications standards of
the first decade of the 21st century. The designers of 802.11 ...