Aruba OS xSEC module
xSec is a highly secure data link layer (Layer 2) protocol that provides a unified framework for securing all wired and wireless connections using strong encryption and authentication. xSec provides a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)-compliant mechanism to provide identity-based security to government agencies and commercial entities that need to transmit extremely
sensitive information over wireless networks. xSec provides greater security than other Layer 2 encryption technologies through the use of longer keys, FIPS–validated encryption algorithms (AES-CBC-256 with HMAC-SHA1), and the encryption of Layer 2 header information including MAC addresses. xSec was jointly developed by Aruba Networks and Funk Software, a division of
Juniper Networks.
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