eirik@mi.uib.no (Eirik Seim) hath wroth:

>The abbreviations are mostly the same, the main difference is
>that some vendors think "Personal" is a better word than PSK,
>or 'pre-shared key'.
>
>As far as I know, there is no other official name for PSK than
>PSK. I've done some unsuccessful attempts to locate the origin of
>this "personal" terminology. Would appreciate it if anyone could
>provide some insight on this... I'd like to know who to blame :)
>- Eirik

Can I guess?

Personal and Enterprise are all over the Wi-Fi.org web site. For
example, see:
<http://www.wi-fi.org/knowledge_center/wpa2>
Searching the web pile, PSK appears in one press release (probably an
accident) and in the glossary, which points to WPA-Personal. I
suspect (not sure) that they will not issue certification unless the
product uses their terminology.

PSK and RADIUS are all over IEEE-802.11i-2004 which is the controlling
document for WPA2.
<http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/download/802.11i-2004.pdf>

My guess(tm) is that the Wi-Fi alliance is more consumer oriented than
the acronym infested IEEE. I'm guilty of using them interchangeably,
depending on whom I'm addressing.



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