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VeriSign The Go-to Company For WiMAX Security
SecurityProNews
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2006-07-12
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The WiMAX Forum has selected VeriSign to be THE WiMAX security company to maintain compatibility and interoperability within the WiMAX community.
"VeriSign has proven experience creating interoperable trust models, and demonstrated a deep understanding of the WiMAX requirements, giving us the confidence that they are the best choice to secure the millions of WiMAX devices that will be deployed," says WiMAX Forum President Ron Resnick. Tuan Nguyen at DailyTech.com writes:The WiMAX standard itself is receiving a huge push by many industry backers. Intel recently announced that it will be introducing a version of WiMAX that will have "router-like" capabilities for mobile uses. Set to be introduced in its Rosedale 2 wi-fi chip, mobile WiMAX (802.16e) will allow users to share a single WiMAX transmission similar to the way home routers allow many PCs to share a single Internet connection. VeriSign says all companies adopting the WiMAX standard will be developing secure devices based on its "robust PKI trust services." According to a press release, VeriSign will operate the WiMAX root CA used to create a single, trusted device authentication standard for WiMAX networks. The VeriSign Custom Device Certificate Service (CDCS) allows embedding X.509- standard digital certificates into all WiMAX Forum Certified hardware devices based on IEEE 802.16-2004 and ETSI HiperMAN 1.2.1 standards.
Tags: VeriSign, WiMAX, security
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