XP update bolsters Wi-Fi security
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft on Monday released a Windows XP update designed to enhance security for computers that connect to wireless networks. The software update would change how the operating system connects to 802.11, or Wi-Fi, networks or base stations. Under the older method, one encrypted key is used by everyone connecting to the wireless network. The update would provide a means of associating a separate key for each computer connecting to the network, a change that in theory should increase security.
Businesses are increasingly concerned about wireless security, particularly since a breach through a single base station could expose an otherwise fortified network to infiltration by hacking or snooping.