WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure: Difference between revisions

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==How the standard works==
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WAPI, which was initiated to resolve the existing security loopholes (WEP) in WLAN international standard (ISO/IEC 8802-11), was issued to be Chinese national standard in 2003. WAPI works by having a central Authentication Service Unit (ASU) which is known to both the wireless user and the [[wireless access point|access point]] and which acts as a central authority verifying both.