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confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network (Wikipedia).
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is an acronym for Wi reless Fi delity. It is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of
802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. The term is promulgated by the Wi-Fi
Alliance.
WPA
WPA is an acronym for W i-Fi P rotected A ccess. It was created in response to several serious weaknesses
researchers had found in the previous system , Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). WPA implements the
majority of the IEEE 802.11i standard, and was intended as an intermediate measure to take the place of
WEP while 802.11i was prepared. WPA is specifically designed to also work with pre-WPA wireless
network interface cards (through firmware upgrades), but not necessarily with first generation wireless
access points. WPA2 implements the full standard, but will not work with some older network cards
(Wikipedia).
WPA-PSK
WPA-PSK is an acronym for
W
i-Fi
P
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A
ccess -
P
re
S
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K
ey. WPA was designed to enhance the
security of wireless networks. There are two flavors of WPA: enterprise and personal. Enterprise is
meant for use with an IEEE 802.1X authentication server, which distributes different keys to each user.
Personal WPA utilizes less scalable 'pre-shared key' (PSK) mode, where every allowed computer is given
the same passphrase. In PSK mode, security depends on the strength and secrecy of the passphrase. The
design of WPA is based on a Draft 3 of the IEEE 802.11i standard (Wikipedia)
WPA-Radius
WPA-Radius is an acronym for W i-Fi P rotected A ccess - Radius (802.1X authentication server). WPA was
designed to enhance the security of wireless networks. There are two flavors of WPA: enterprise and
personal. Enterprise is meant for use with an IEEE 802.1X authentication server, which distributes
different keys to each user. Personal WPA utilizes less scalable 'pre-shared key' (PSK) mode, where every
allowed computer is given the same passphrase. In PSK mode, security depends on the strength and
secrecy of the passphrase. The design of WPA is based on a Draft 3 of the IEEE 802.11i standard
(Wikipedia)
WPS