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TTLS Tunn e le d Tra n sport La ye r Se cu rity. The se s e ttings
de fin e the protocol a nd th e cre de n tia ls use d to
a uthe ntica te a u s e r. In TTLS, the clie nt use s EAP-TLS
to va lida te th e se rve r a nd cre a te a TLS-e ncrypte d
cha n n e l betwe e n the clie n t a nd se rve r. The clie nt ca n
use a nothe r a uth e ntica tion protocol, typica lly
pa ssword-ba s e d protocols, s u ch a s MD5 Cha lle n ge
ove r th is e n crypte d cha nne l to e na ble se rve r
va lida tion. The cha lle n ge a nd re sponse pa cke ts a re
se nt ove r a non -e xpose d TLS e ncrypte d cha nn e l. TTLS
im ple m e nta tions toda y support a ll m e thods de fine d by
EAP, a s we ll a s se ve ra l olde r m e thods (CHAP, PAP, MS-
CHAP a n d MS-CHAPv2). TTLS ca n e a sily be e xte n de d
to work with ne w protocols by de fining ne w a ttribute s
to support n e w protocols .
WEP Wire d Equiva le nt Priva cy. Wire d Equiva le nt Priva cy,
64- a n d 1 2 8-bit (64-bit is som e tim e s re fe rre d to a s 4 0 -
bit). Th is is a low-leve l e ncryption te chniqu e de signe d
to give the u se r a bout th e sa m e a m ount of priva cy
th a t he would e xpe ct from a LAN. WEP is a se cu rity
protocol for wire le ss loca l a re a ne tworks (WLANs )
de fin e d in the 80 2 .1 1b sta nda rd. WEP is de s igne d to
provide th e sa m e le ve l of se cu rity a s tha t of a wire d
LAN. WEP a im s to provide secu rity by da ta ove r ra dio
wa ve s so tha t it is prote cte d a s it is tra nsm itte d from
one e nd point to a nothe r.
WEP Key Eithe r a pa ss phra se or he xa de cim a l ke y.
The pa s s ph ra s e m ust be 5 ASCII ch a ra cte rs for 6 4 -
bit WEP or 13 ASCII ch a ra cte rs for 1 2 8-bit WEP. For
pa ss phra se s, 0-9, a -z, A-Z, a nd ~ !@# $% ^ &*()_ + | ` -
= { } | []\ : "; '< > ?,./ a re a ll va lid ch a ra cte rs.
The h e x ke y m us t be 1 0 he xa de cim a l cha ra cte rs (0 -9,
A-F) for 64 -bit WEP or 26 h e xa de cim a l ch a ra cters (0-
9, A-F) for 1 2 8-bit WEP.
Wi-Fi Wire le s s Fide lity. Is m e a nt to be use d ge ne rica lly
whe n re fe rrin g of a ny type to 802.11 ne twork,
whe th e r 802 .11b, 8 02 .11a , or dua l-ba nd.