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What was the original 802.11 security standard???

4 posts by 3 authors in: Forums > CWNA - Enterprise Wi-Fi Admin
Last Post: March 28, 2007:
  • By craig_caughlin
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    Hi folks,
    I've seen documentation that says the original 802.11 security standard was just Open & Shared Key authentication, and I've also seen those two plus WEP.

    Can someone give me the straight scoop on this?

    Thank you,
    Craig

  • By GTHill
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    Keep in mind that WEP had (has?) three functions:

    Privacy (Encryption)
    Integrity (Detect data modification)
    Authenticaiton (only authorized STA's)

    I find it best to keep the three separate.

    Open system and shared key are two types of WEP authentication. Open system is well, open, and shared key just verifies that both parties have the same WEP (shared) key.

    Does that help?

  • By craig_caughlin
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    Unfortunately no.

    Can you point me to an online reference to the original standard?

    Thank you,
    Craig

  • By (Deleted User)
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    Here's where you can get the IEEE standards:

    http://standards.ieee.org/

    Joel

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