WLAN Client authentication 1

Question 1

What is Open System Authentication?

Answer 1

Basic and insecure method where the client is granted access without any authentication.

Question 1

What is WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) Authentication?

Answer 1

Deprecated and insecure, using a shared key for authentication and encryption.

Question 2

What is WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key) Authentication?

Answer 2

Uses a pre-shared key for authentication and provides a higher level of security than WEP.

Question 3

What is WPA-Enterprise (Wi-Fi Protected Access Enterprise) Authentication?

Answer 3

Uses an IEEE 802.1X authentication server for centralized user authentication, often combined with EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol).

Question 4

What is WPA2-PSK Authentication?

Answer 4

An improved version of WPA-PSK, providing stronger security through the use of the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) algorithm.