Remember WEP
Full name: Wired Equivalent Privacy
Memory aid: Wired Equivalent was the promise; Weak Encryption is the warning cue.
WEP is broken and should not protect current networks.
Study area: Wi-Fi & radio · Batch 2
Relevant study for: CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 · ISC2 CISSP 2024 outline · ISC2 SSCP · CompTIA A+ Core 1 220-1201 · CompTIA Network+ N10-009 · Cisco CCNA 200-301
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WEP — Wired Equivalent Privacy
Names an obsolete wireless encryption scheme.
Why learn WEP — Wired Equivalent Privacy?
Names an obsolete wireless encryption scheme.
Where it came from
WEP is broken and should not protect current networks.
- Memory aid (a learning cue, not the expansion): Wired Equivalent was the promise; Weak Encryption is the warning cue.
Build your understanding
Work through these exercises in order. Try the task before opening a reference.
- Without looking, expand WEP: Wired Equivalent Privacy.
- Recall this memory aid: Wired Equivalent was the promise; Weak Encryption is the warning cue.
- Explain the practical use: Names an obsolete wireless encryption scheme.
- Explain this distinction: WEP is broken and should not protect current networks.
- Identify WEP in a device specification, architecture diagram, or system inventory.
Documentation and sources
- Wi-Fi Alliance technology (www.wi-fi.org)
- IEEE wireless LAN working group (www.ieee802.org)