Cisco seeks to influence enterprise wireless security decisions.(Vendor)(Cisco Systems Inc.) From: RETHINK IT | Date: March 1, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Rethink Research Associates. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Despite recent problems with Cisco's wireless security mechanisms, the company is hanging on to its control of standards in this area, proposing a new authentication protocol to the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) body. This is designed to replace the recently compromised LEAP protocol with a free, openly available technology called EAP-Fast, that does not use certificates.

The latest move is pure Cisco. The company is making all the right noises, reacting relativ...