SIM Card Activated Wireless Hotspots
Posted: 02nd Apr, 2004 By: MarkJ
The Wireless Lan Smart Card Consortium has begun promoting the use of SIM (mobile phone style) cards for public Wi-Fi (broadband wireless) hotspot authentication:
The specification features an EAP-SIM Handler that allows users to connect securely to Wi-Fi hotspots without fear of identity theft, and allows operators to offer a broader range of wireless Lan services to trusted smartcard users.
A WLan-SIM means that users carry a USB key containing a Sim card instead of having to remember complex log-on procedures.
It's a clever idea and could potentially make it easier to integrate roaming Wi-Fi into PDA's and mobile phones. More @ VNUNet.
The specification features an EAP-SIM Handler that allows users to connect securely to Wi-Fi hotspots without fear of identity theft, and allows operators to offer a broader range of wireless Lan services to trusted smartcard users.
A WLan-SIM means that users carry a USB key containing a Sim card instead of having to remember complex log-on procedures.
It's a clever idea and could potentially make it easier to integrate roaming Wi-Fi into PDA's and mobile phones. More @ VNUNet.
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