Windows 7: Wi-Fi security boost just over the horizon

Considering how important Wi-Fi is and how widespread it has become, security for Wi-Fi has been a fairly static field for years. There are many problems with the protocols and with specific implementations, but the solutions tend to be to use other technologies to work around Wi-Fi's weaknesses.

There are solutions beginning to emerge, particularly 802.11u, a.k.a. PassPoint, Wi-Fi 2.0 and Hotspot 2.0. The goal of PassPoint is to make Wi-Fi easier, but a side-effect is to make security more robust.

In the meantime, users need to use third-party software and the sort of caution that very few have to avoid being vulnerable to compromise on Wi-Fi networks.