Re: Security. WPA?/-TKIP /-CCMP

Chrisjoy wrote:
>
I cannot help myself from thinking 802.11, and even Wi-FI, is a pretty
immature technology while not making it mandatory to support unique
key for each connection.

Authentication and privacy wasn't a significant part of the 802.11b,g or n parts of the standard. Its covered separately under 11i which was ratified about 7 years after 802.11. Like all standards, this one is evolving to meet changing needs.

Incidentally, 802.11 is an umbrella for dozens of individual standards governing different parts of the wireless data comms process.

Specially consider the fact that access
points already support RADIUS server,

Huh? Some APs have builtin radius servers, others don't. Its easy enough to run your own - freeRadius for one thing - but its not a limitation of the standard.

Anyways, thanks for all your information and leads. I can now hurry
away to my conclucion.

Seems to me you formed your decision before asking for information, but I could be wrong.

>I do not consider setting up a RADIUS connection on the
client side to be easy.

You don't set it up on the client side. You merely stick the client into WPA-Enterprise mode and set up your radius server on your network.

I will wait until the only information that
needs to be put into a client is a pass phrase after chosing an SSID

Why not read up on how Radius works?

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