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Shared Key – Only those who are sharing the same key with the AP can
connect with it.
WPA – is short for Wi-Fi Protected Access. It was designed to improve
upon the security features of WEP. The technology is designed to work
with existing Wi-Fi products that have been enabled with WEP. Through
the data encryption, access control and authentication, it provides better
protection over data transmission. WPA uses 128-digit keys to ensure the
wireless network privacy and security.
WPA2 – is short for Wi-Fi Protected Access 2. It is the follow on
security method to WPA for wireless networks that provides stronger data
protection and network access control. It provides enterprise and consumer
Wi-Fi users with a high level of assurance that only authorized users can
access their wireless networks. There are two versions of WPA2: WPA2-
Personal, and WPA2- Enterprise. WPA2-Personal protects unauthorized
network access by utilizing a set-up password. WPA2-Enterprise verifies
network users through a server. WPA2 is backward compatible with WPA.
WPA-PSK – is short for Wi-Fi Protected Access-Pre-Shared Key. WPA-
PSK uses the same encryption way with WPA, and the only difference
between them is that WPA-PSK recreates a simple shared key, instead of
using the user
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s certification.
Encryption
WEP –WEP is short for Wired Equivalent Privacy, a security protocol
for WLANs defined in the 802.11b standard. WEP is designed to provide
the same level of security as that of a wired LAN. WEP aims to provide
security by encrypting data over radio waves so that it is protected as it
transmitted from one end point to another. There are two kinds of WEP
encryption: 64 bit and 128 bit. 64 bit needs 10 hex characters to be the key
and 128 bit needs 26 hex characters.
TKIP – is short for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol. TKIP scrambles
the keys using a hashing algorithm and, by adding an integrity-checking
feature, ensures that the keys haven
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t been tampered with.