Wireless Securities Flashcards
1
Q
WEP
A
64-bit or 128 bit key size
found to be very vulnerable in 2001 , should no longer be used. Cryptographic vulnerabilities.
2
Q
WPA
A
short term work around WEP, used RC4 cipher as a TKIP temoral key integrity protocol. TKIP has its own vulnerabilities.
3
Q
WPA2
A
Replaced TKIP with CCMP , counter mode with cipher block chaining message authentication protocol. replaced RC4 with AES advanced encryption standard, WPA2 is the latest and most secure wireless encryption method.
4
Q
Securist to weakest wirless encrption
A
WPA2-AES, WPA AES , WPA-TKIP AES , WPA TKIP , WEP, Open,
5
Q
Encryption characteristics
A
Open-None | WEP-RC4 | WPA-RC4 | WPA-CCMP | WPA2-AES
6
Q
What is RC4?
A
cryptography, a cipher used in security methods
7
Q
what does AES stand for?
A
Advanced Encryption Standard
