Implementing improved WLAN security

Many of the security problems that have prevented stronger acceptance of 802.11 are caused by flaws in the design of WEP. To address the shortcomings of WEP for authentication, the industry is working towards solution based on the 802.1X specification, which is itself based on the IETF'S extensible authentication protocol (EAP). EAP has been used as the basis for the number of network authentication extensions.