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Chapter 4. WLAN Fundamentals

This chapter discusses the essential basics of the WLAN technology: the services, the messages, the choreographies, and the interaction primitives. Chapter 3, "WLAN Standards," touched on the standards and discussed them at a high level. This chapter gets into the relevant details of the 802.11 standard, the 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g. The rest of this book dives into the various security aspects?standards, design, best practices, configuration, and deployment examples.

Note

As one of the reviewers pointed out, you might be wondering when this wireless security book is going to start talking about wireless security. WLAN security is a complex subject and has a lot of context. So an understanding of these fundamentals is required to fully comprehend and analyze wireless security.




    		Chapter 1. Securing WLANs Overview
    		Chapter 2. Basic Security Mechanics and Mechanisms
    		Chapter 3. WLAN Standards
    		Chapter 4. WLAN Fundamentals
    		WLAN: Elements and Characteristics
    		WLAN Basic Topology
    		WLAN Building Blocks
    		WLAN State Diagram
    		Basic Choreography
    		Summary
    		Chapter 5. WLAN Basic Authentication and Privacy Methods
    		Chapter 6. Wireless Vulnerabilities
    		Chapter 7. EAP Authentication Protocols for WLANs
    		Chapter 8. WLAN Encryption and Data Integrity Protocols
    		Chapter 9. SWAN: End-to-End Security Deployment
    		Chapter 10. Design Guidelines for Secure WLAN
    		Chapter 11. Operational and Design Considerations for Secure WLANs
    		Chapter 12. WLAN Security Configuration Guidelines and Examples
    		Chapter 13. WLAN Deployment Examples
    		Appendix A. Resources and References