The difference in protection between a WEP key and a WPA key. [10 mn of reading - published 5/22/2006 6:36:19 PM - Target : Débutant]

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Caleb BROSIUS Student-Engineer Supinfo Caraïbes SUPINFO graduate year  2010    Write to the person    All projects of the same author    Mini-CV of the author

Summary

          The WEP (Wired Are equivalent Privacy) does not include the protocol of the keys management. The mechanism rests on a single divided key enters all users. Contrary to the encoding mode WPA (Wi-fi Protected Access) which includes a protocol of the keys management, a initialization vector larger than that of the WEP and an authentication algorithm of messages protected.

Sommaire

• Introduction
• 1 The principle of a WEP key.
• 1 The principle of a WPA key.
• Conclusion