NEWS: Safe Wi-Fi could be on your doorstep soon

<http://www.theregister.com/2006/08/20/wps_announced/.

The Wi-Fi Alliance has officially announced

(http://www.wi-fi.org/news/pressrelea...ectedSetup/en/)
Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in an attempt to to make safe Wi-Fi
easier.

WPS is the name for its upcoming consumer ease-of-use program,
formerly code named "Wi-Fi Simple Config".

"Slated for launch in Q4 of this year, the program is planned as an
optional certification based on a standardised method for security
setup in home Wi-Fi networks," the alliance said yesterday.

WNN's Glenn Fleishman (http://wifinetnews.com/archives/006868.html)
said: "While individual chipmakers Atheros and Broadcom have spent
some years trying to get manufacturer uptake for easier security
setup, and Buffalo has long had its AOSS hardware button solution on
its gear, the whole point of WiFi is that it's mix and match. As much
as vendors don't like it, you will often find heterogeneous gear in a
single household. Thus, a Wi-Fi Alliance backed initiative must take
the day in the end."

...

The alliance research also "indicates that 43 per cent of Wi-Fi users
found that installing security on a home Wi-Fi network was
moderately-to-very difficult," the pressure group said.

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