Security And Encryption - Intel 2200BG User Manual

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Security and Encryption: Intel(R)
PRO/Wireless 2200BG User's Guide

Security and Encryption

Setting up Data Encryption and Authentication
Encryption Overview
How to Enable WEP Encryption
System Administrator Tasks
Setting up the Client for WEP and MD5 authentication
Setting up the Client for WPA-PSK using WEP or TKIP authentication
Setting up the Client for WPA using TKIP encryption and TLS authentication
Setting up the Client for WPA using TKIP encryption and TTLS or PEAP authentication
Setting up the Client for CCX using CKIP encryption and LEAP authentication
Setting up Data Encryption and Authentication
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption and shared authentication helps provide
protection for your data on the network. WEP uses an encryption key to encrypt data
before transmitting it. Only computers using the same encryption key can access the
network or decrypt the encrypted data transmitted by other computers. Authentication
provides an additional validation process from the adapter to the access point. The WEP
encryption algorithm is vulnerable to passive and active network attacks. TKIP and CKIP
algorithms include enhancements to the WEP protocol that mitigate existing network
attacks and address its shortcomings
Open and Shared Key authentication
802.11 support two types of network authentication methods; Open System and Shared
Key. Supported authentication schemes are Open and Shared-Key authentication: