Good News , Bad News for WPA?
In a confusing press release, the Wi-Fi Alliance today announced that 175 products have received Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security certification since testing began in April 2003.
The announcement - headlined "Wi-Fi Protected Access Security Sees Strong Adoption" - also said that "the Wi-Fi Alliance has taken the proactive move of requiring WPA for all Wi-Fi certifications awarded since September 2003".
It’s hard to tell whether the Alliance is trumpeting the miniscule number of WPA certified products as good news, or trying to say it has been effective in reinforcing WPA’s importance by requiring WPA for Wi-Fi certification. But, regardless of the spin, we wonder why the Alliance waited until now to announce such an important change in Wi-Fi certification requirements that has been in place since last September !?
Missing from the WPA-certified list are NETGEAR, D-Link, Belkin and SMC, which apparently have opted out of the Wi-Fi certification process entirely since the WPA requirement was initiated last fall. The absence of these widely-recognized companies would seem to contradict the Alliance’s claims of "strong adoption" for WPA.
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