The Mangement Of The Wep Keys Was A Problem For Users In That Admistrators ...
The Mangement of the WEP keys was a problem for users in that admistrators found it very difficult to manage large amounts of keys and therefore the keys were not changed very often and this made the life of hackers much easier to get into so called 'secure networks.' RSN however establishes a hierarchy of limited life keys, thus being similar to that used for TKIP. AES/CCMP requires 512bits to accommodate all the keys, which is less than that of TKIP and therefore more manageable for the administrator. Similar to TKIP, master keys are not used directly, but are used to derive other keys. For the administrator they only have the responsibility of looking after the Master key (Laverty, 2003). 3.0Conclusion There are systems and actions for users to take to ensure Wi-Fi is secure against hackers such as monitoring their input output ports with dedicated firewalls or network analyzers. In addition, the user should use the more mature and secure method of securing information from one device and another. These security methods are WPA2, the user should stay away from less developed security technologies such as WEP and WPA early standards. REFERENCES How Wifi Works, http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wireless-network1.htm, 2005 Complementary code keying, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_code_keying, 2006 Solms B.S., Marais E. (2004), From secure wired networks to secure wireless networks e what are the extra risks?, Computer and Security Air Defense White Paper. (2004)., 5 Practical steps to secure your wireless LAN, http://www.airdefense.netO. Loeb L., (2001), What's up with WEP?, http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/s-wep/, Secure Electronic Transactions It came out of sky WEP 2 (2001), http://www.starkrealities.com/wireless003.html Laverty D, (2003), WPA versus 802.11i (WPA2): How your Choice Affects your Wireless Network Security, http://www.openxtra.co.uk/articles/wpa-vs-80211i.phpLegally Binding Undertaking
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