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Standard Definition Algorithm For A Wired Network

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Part 1:
Question 1
Standard Definition Algorithm Suggested Use
WEP A wireless protocol that is intended to deliver the privacy comparable to that of a wired network. RC4 No longer used unless it is for lessons in hacking. Big security flaws and easy to hack.
WPA This protocol offers more data encryption than WEP and also offers user authentication. RC4 with TKIP This is used with older devices. But these may still need an update through firmware so they will be compliant.
WPA2 This protocol offers CCMP (Counter Cipher Mode with Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol) as the replacement of TKIP. AES Only used in newer devices.
(Dulaney & Easttom, 2014) (How To Geek, n.d.)

Question 2 Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is an encryption protocol that is included in the IEEE 802.11i standard for wireless LAN networks. It helps provide more encryption security than Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). TKIP uses its algorithms to protect WEP’s security flaws and allows the users of older devices to upgrade without replacing any hardware. These algorithms are additional code at the beginning and end to capture and modify WEP. TKIP uses RC4 as its foundation but it also includes four more algorithms to increase strength: cryptographic message integrity check, initialization-vector sequencing mechanism, per-packet key-mixing function, and re-keying mechanism. Although, TKIP is used for upgrading security on devices equipped with WEP, it isn’t dependable or effective

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