WiMAX Interview Question:

Please tell me if WiMax is secure or not?

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Yes, WiMax is a standard based design, and WiMax standards are well defined to provide much better and flexible security than wi-fi networks.
★ WiMax security stack supports two encryption standards one is popular DES3 (Data Encryption Standard) and other is AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).
★ Additionally it requires dedicated security processor for base station.
★ It also defines minimum encryption requirements for the traffic and for end to end authentication.
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