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WM Access Domain Services Configuration
Summit WM20 User Guide, Software Release 4.2
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6 Select one of the following input methods:
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Input Hex – If you select Input Hex , type the WEP key input in the WEP Key box. The key is
generated automatically, based on the input.
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Input String – If you select Input String , type the secret WEP key string used for encrypting and
decrypting in the WEP Key String box. The WEP Key box is automatically filled by the
corresponding Hex code.
7 To save your changes, click Save .
Dynamic WEP Privacy for an AAA WM-AD
The dynamic key WEP mechanism changes the key for each user and each session.
To set up dynamic WEP privacy for a selected AAA WM-AD:
1 From the main menu, click WM-AD Configuration . The WM-AD Configuration screen is
displayed.
2
In the left pane
WM Access Domains
list, click the AAA WM-AD you want to set up dynamic WEP
privacy for. The
Topology
tab is displayed.
3 Click the Privacy tab.
4 Select Dynamic Keys .
5
To save your changes, click
Save
.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA v1 and WPA v2) Privacy for an AAA WM-AD
The WM-AD Privacy feature supports Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA v1 and WPA v2), a security
solution that adds authentication to enhanced WEP encryption and key management.
The authentication portion of WPA for AAA is in Enterprise Mode:
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Specifies 802.1x with Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
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Requires a RADIUS or other authentication server
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Uses RADIUS protocols for authentication and key distribution
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Centralizes management of user credentials
The encryption portion of WPA v1 is Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP includes:
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A per-packet key mixing function that shares a starting key between devices, and then changes their
encryption key for every packet (unicast key) or after the specified re-key time interval (broadcast
key) expires
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An extended WEP key length of 256-bits
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An enhanced Initialization Vector (IV) of 48 bits, instead of 24 bits, making it more difficult to
compromise
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A Message Integrity Check or Code (MIC), an additional 8-byte code that is inserted before the
standard WEP 4-byte Integrity Check Value (ICV). These integrity codes are used to calculate and
compare, between sender and receiver, the value of all bits in a message, which ensures that the
message has not been tampered with.