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Securing your Wireless Network
2726
Securing your Wireless Network
Securing your Wireless Network
Here฀are฀a฀few฀different฀ways฀to฀maximize฀the฀security฀of฀your฀wireless฀
network฀and฀protect฀your฀data฀from฀unwanted฀intrusions.฀This฀section฀is฀
intended฀for฀the฀home,฀home฀office,฀and฀small฀office฀user.฀At฀the฀time฀of฀
publication,฀three฀encryption฀methods฀are฀available.
Encryption Methods:
Name 64-bit฀Wired฀
Equivalent฀Privacy
128-bit฀฀
Encryption
Wi-Fi฀Protected฀
Access
Acronym 64-bit฀WEP 128-bit฀ WPA
Security Good Better Best
Features Static฀keys฀ Static฀keys Dynamic฀key฀
encryption฀and฀mutual฀
authentication
Encryption฀keys฀based฀
on฀RC4฀algorithm฀
(typically฀40-bit฀keys)
Added฀security฀
over฀64-bit฀WEP฀
using฀a฀key฀length฀
of฀104฀bits,฀plus฀24฀
additional฀bits฀of฀
system-generated฀
data
TKIP฀(temporal฀key฀
integrity฀protocol)฀
added฀so฀that฀keys฀are฀
rotated฀and฀encryption฀
is฀strengthened