Q: I read that a WPA implementation in a SOHO setting doesn’t require an authentication server, instead a mode called “pre-shared key” will be used. How could this be more secure than WEP, since it ...

WPA brings several security improvements to the airwaves. WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), which replaces WEP's 40-bit static key with a 128-bit dynamically assigned key. That ...

You can only use the password option if you have a RADIUS type authentication mechanism. (yes, there are others that work with WPA, IIRC, but this is illustrative of ...

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To compare enabling WEP encryption to how WPA encryption is enabled, let's take an example of WPA (this time, we pick 8F37ahr43K as our example pre-shared key). Enabling WPA encryption is a lot like ...

In Part 3 of our five-part series on setting up a WPA-Enterprise wireless network in a small business environment, Eric Geier explained how to install and configure an Elektron RADIUS server. In Part ...

Stuart Okin and Ian Hellen at Microsoft UK give their opinion on how different forms of data encryption can protect wireless Lan users and corporate data from unwelcome snoopers After more than a ...

Should I implement WPA or wait for 802.11i? What is the difference between the two? Q: Should I implement WPA or wait for 802.11i? What is the difference between the two? – Hardy, Durham N.C. A: First ...

Weakness in Passphrase Choice in WPA Interface, by Robert Moskowitz. Retrieved 1 June 2006 from wifinetnews.com/archives/002452.html ...

A new technique has been discovered to easily retrieve the Pairwise Master Key Identifier (PMKID) from a router using WPA/WPA2 security, which can then be used to crack the wireless password of the ...

How does Shared Key Authentication work? A WEP encryption key, obtained in advance by the connecting computer, must match a key stored at the wireless access point (AP) for SKA to work. A ...