Microsoft boosts Wi-Fi security
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft will extend the security measures now found in its Windows XP operating system to Windows 2000 and the slimmer version of the OS used in handheld devices. Warren Barkley, Microsoft lead program manager for the Windows networking division, told attendees of the 802.11 West conference in Seattle on Monday to expect the enhanced security measures, called 802.1x, by August. This follows earlier announcements about implementing more security by spring 2002. About 150 companies and businesses have already signed up to test the new release, he said. Microsoft is perhaps the biggest company yet to make a commitment to the new security standard called 802.1x, a standard set of instructions that is supposed to strengthen WEP. It adds new levels of security that WEP does not have.