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WEP: wired equivalent privacy. An optional IEEE 802.11 function that offers frame
transmission privacy similar to a wired network. The Wired Equivalent Privacy generates secret
shared encryption keys that both source and destination stations can use to alter frame bits to
avoid disclosure to eavesdroppers.
Wi-Fi Alliance: a nonprofit international association formed in 1999 to certify interoperability
of wireless Local Area Network products based on IEEE 802.11 specification. The goal of the
Wi-Fi Alliance's members is to enhance the user experience through product interoperability.
wired authentication port: An Ethernet port that has 802.1X authentication enabled for
access control.
WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access. A Wi-Fi Alliance standard that contains a subset of the IEEE
802.11i standard, using TKIP as an encryption method and 802.1X for authentication.
XML: extensible markup language. A simpler and easier-to-use subset of the Standard
Generalized Markup Language (SGML), with unlimited, self-defining markup symbols (tags).
Developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the XML specification provides a
flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data on
the Internet, intranets, and elsewhere.