So far in this series, I've posted a blog that talked about municipal Wi-Fi security in general and a second blog that talked specifically about Wi-Fi network identification. In this post, I want to cover muni Wi-Fi network authentication. There are essentially two parts involved with Wi-Fi authentication. The first part is how you authenticate to the network and the second is how the network authenticates to you.
Most people are familiar with the first part. Many Wi-Fi networks will dump your browser to a login page where they ask for a username and password, or even a credit card number to use to bill you. Some of the more secure networks will ask you to provide authentication information more directly. I...
