Wireless Security

Question 1

What is WEP?

Answer 1

Wired Equivalent Privacy

Question 2

What is WPA?

Answer 2

Wi-Fi Protected Access

Question 3

What order were the encryption standards created?

Answer 3

WEP -> WPA -> WPA2

Question 4

Which wireless security protocol has been discouraged in favor of newer standards due to known vulnerabilities resulting from implementation flaws?

Answer 4

WEP

Question 5

What is the best method to secure a small network lacking an authentication server?

Answer 5

WPA2-PSK

Question 6

What are the characteristic features of a WPA/WPA2 Enterprise mode? [2]

Answer 6

• Requires RADIUS authentication server

- Suitable for large corporate networks

Question 7

A security protocol designed to strengthen WEP implementations is known as:

Answer 7

TKIP

Question 8

AES-based encryption mode is a characteristic feature of:

Answer 8

WPA2

Question 9

Which cryptographic algorithm is the least vulnerable to attacks?

Answer 9

AES

Question 10

What is one of the functions provided by RADIUS and TACACS servers?

Answer 10

Authentication

Question 11

What are the characteristic features of RADIUS? [3]

Answer 11

• Primarily used for network access
• Combines authentication and authorization
• Encrypts only the password in the access-request packet

Question 12

What are the characteristics of TACACS+? [3]

Answer 12

• Encrypts the entire payload of the access-request packet
• Primarily used for device administration
• Separates authentication and authorization