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Mac OS X 10.4.2

Apple today released Mac OS X 10.4.2, which includes the following AirPort fixes:

With this update, logging out of Mac OS X automatically disconnects the computer from an AirPort network if it is using WPA Enterprise security settings (this does not affect WPA Personal WEP-secured networks).
The AirPort menu extra displays more information when you enable a Software Access Point with this update installed.
Adds support for AES encryption of WPA-PSK networks, which are supported by many wireless access points. [editor's note: Apple's own AirPort access points do not yet support AES]
The Try Again button behaves as expected when attempting to join a third-party, WEP-enabled wireless access point with this update.
Improves reliability when associating with wireless networks after waking from sleep.
Improves WPA2 wireless encryption support for AirPort Extreme cards.

I'm curious why AES is available only for WPA-PSK, and what is meant by the improvement in WPA2 support. I suspect they refer to the same thing — and that "improves support" was used because without AES for WPA Enterprise, AirPort is not yet fully WPA2 compliant.

By Periodik Labs on July 13, 2005 9:29 AM | Permalink

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