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Wireless Networking Concepts

Technologies such as Wired Equivalent Protection (WEP) and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) provide both authentication and encryption for wireless networks. However, they’re vulnerable to cracking attacks by attackers who can receive a wireless signal. Attackers with the right skill and equipment within a few hundred feet of a wireless access point can often identify the key used to connect to a WEP-protected wireless network.