Most books, and this one is no exception, use a series of chapters to present a topic of interest to readers. Because the basic method of security provided under the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 wireless LAN standard and its ‘a’ and ‘b’ extensions is relatively weak and easily compromised, we will discuss methods that can be used to secure the insecure in this section. We shall discuss and describe a variety of security enhancement methods in this section while deferring a detailed description of those methods to later chapters. The rationale for this action is based upon the need of many network managers and LAN administrators who are familiar with
wireless LAN technology, but have an immediate requirement to obtain some practical security solutions for their organization without having to read an entire book. However, for readers that want to fully understand why Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), which provides wireless LAN security, is weak and how and why security enhancements discussed in this section function, the remainder of this book provides those details.
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