doc.: IEEE /553r0 Submission September 2001 Tim Moore, Bernard Aboba/Microsoft Alternatives Authentication before reassociation –Pros Enables pre-authentication Authentication no longer in the critical path for reassociation –Cons If you authenticate management frames, cryptographic operations remain in the critical path (since you need to authenticate the Reassociation Request/Response) If youre already authenticating reassociation request/response, why do more than canned authentication in addition.
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