Last month, this company introduced the Extensible Authentication Protocol-Transport Layer Security (EAP-TLS) as a Wireless LAN (WLAN) security feature. EAP-TLS is particularly beneficial in mission-critical applications when there is a need to increase security or to centrally authorize individual wireless units. In small, embedded systems, WLAN security features applied are usually various forms of encryption, such as WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK. Typically, the assigned authentication key is the same for all distributed wireless units. However, with EAP-TLS, each wireless client is assigned a unique authentication certificate. New WLAN UART Serial Port Modules OWS451 are shipped with the added-on EAP-TLS feature, whereas users who have installed OWS451 modules can download upgrade firmware from the company’s support site. — connectBlue AB, Malmö, Sweden
This device now has a WLAN security feature
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