The "SAFE: Wireless LAN Security in DepthVersion 2" white paper discusses wireless LAN (WLAN) implementations, with a focus on the overall security of the design. Among the best practices this white paper recommends is to consider network design elements, such as mobility and quality of service (QoS). This white paper describes the following design objectives, listed in order of priority:
Security and attack mitigation based on policy
Authentication and authorization of users to wired network resources
Wireless data confidentiality
User differentiation
Access point management
Authentication of users to network resources
Options for high availability (large enterprise only)
This document begins with an overview of the architecture and then details four wireless network designs. These designs are for large, medium-sized, small, and remote-user WLANs. This white paper also introduces six new axioms into SAFE: