Microsoft updates Windows XP with Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 support

Posted on Tuesday, May 03 2005 @ 17:20 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Microsoft issued a patch to provide support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), the latest IEEE 802.11i wireless security standard.

This update to Windows XP provides support for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), which is the latest standards-based wireless security solution derived from the IEEE 802.11i standard. It also contains Wireless Provisioning Services (WPS) Information Element support, which enables improvements in wireless network discoverability.

This Windows XP update can be downloaded here

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