Wireless Security Protocol
Rule set, spec. to wireless security
WiFi signals easier to intercept, simply be in range
encrypted w/ WEP, WPA, WPA2
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) - symmetric encrypt algorithm, same encrypt as wired, sufficient 1st defence often too short, used too long, easier to decipher, more accessible; easy to copy authentication msg w/ identity
of sender, receiver
WPA (WiFi Protected Access) - temp. improve on WEP
key management, gen's encrypt key per data packet
WPA2 - improvement on WPA, even stronger encrypt
algorithm, each message encrypted several times (key size)