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Wireless Network Security
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Instructions:
Answer 38 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An access point with limited functionality. (It does not provide authentication or encryption.)
preauthentication
message integrity check (MIC)
thin access point
AES-CCMP
2. An advanced security encryption protocol used in the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA-2) standard.
service set identifier (SSID)
association request frame
AES-CCMP
key-caching
3. The default method of authentication used by the IEEE 802.11 standard.
IEEE 802.11g
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
open system authentication
authentication server
4. The encryption mechanism of the IEEE 802.11 standard - considered to provide only low security.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
association request frame
message integrity check (MIC)
IEEE 802.11g
5. A series of 1s and 0s equal in length to the text to be encrypted with Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) plus the integrity check value (IV).
keystream
roaming
ciphertext
IEEE 802.11g
6. Encrypted text.
authentication server
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Alliance
ciphertext
IEEE 802.11g
7. A protocol designed to prevent an attacker from capturing - altering - and resending data packets.
challenge text
IEEE 802.11n
message integrity check (MIC)
preauthentication
8. Movement between cells of a wireless local area network.
IEEE 802.11g
plaintext
IEEE 802.11n
roaming
9. A server whose only job is to verify the authentication of devices.
integrity check value (ICV)
keystream
authentication server
key-caching
10. A 1999 amendment that added two higher speeds (5.5 Mbps and 11 Mbps).
passive scanning
authentication server
IEEE 802.11b
ciphertext
11. An attack that attempts to determine the keystream by analyzing two packets that were created from the same initialization vector (IV).
keystream attack
collision
preshared key (PSK)
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Alliance
12. A consortium of wireless equipment manufacturers and software providers to promote wireless network technology.
IEEE 802.11i
collision
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Alliance
keystream attack
13. Associating with a new access point.
association request frame
integrity check value (ICV)
handoff
service set identifier (SSID)
14. A device that can monitor the airwaves for traffic.
thin access point
wireless probe
RC4
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
15. A technology that allows a device to become authenticated to an access point before moving into its range.
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
IEEE 802.11a
preauthentication
plaintext
16. A switch that contains authentication and encryption for wireless networks.
keystream attack
shared key authentication
wireless switch
message integrity check (MIC)
17. The second generation of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) security.
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
IEEE 802.11a
integrity check value (ICV)
wireless probe
18. An organization that sets standards for computer networking and wireless communications.
keystream attack
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE 802.11i
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
19. Storing information from a device on the network so if a user roams away from a wireless access point and later returns - he doesn't need to re-enter all his credentials.
key-caching
IEEE 802.11b
challenge text
RC4
20. An optional Wired Encryption Privacy (WEP) authentication that uses challenge text for authentication.
IEEE 802.11b
shared key authentication
open system authentication
preauthentication
21. Acipher algorithm used in Wired Encryption Privacy (WEP) that takes one character and replaces it with another.
IEEE 802.11x
RC4
keystream attack
key-caching
22. The 2004 wireless security standard that addresses the two main weaknesses of wireless networks; encryption and authentication.
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
IEEE 802.11x
IEEE 802.11i
keystream
23. Two packets derived from the same initialization vector (IV).
collision
wireless probe
AES-CCMP
challenge text
24. The first version of the security standards set by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
passive scanning
IEEE 802.11a
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
25. An authentication protocol that uses a passphrase to generate the encryption key and must be created and entered into both the access point and all wireless devices prior to the devices communicating.
thin access point
shared key authentication
preshared key (PSK)
wireless probe
26. A checksum based on the contents of the text - used in WEP encryption.
IEEE 802.11i
integrity check value (ICV)
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Alliance
authentication server
27. Unencrypted text.
handoff
plaintext
shared key authentication
IEEE 802.11i
28. Scanning for a wireless device that listens for a beacon frame for a set period of time.
shared key authentication
wireless probe
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
passive scanning
29. Text that is used in shared key authentication to authenticate a device.
preshared key (PSK)
challenge text
plaintext
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
30. A 24-bit value that changes each time a packet is encrypted using Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).
Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2)
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
shared key authentication
initialization vector (IV)
31. The network name for the wireless network that can be any alphanumeric string from 2 to 32 characters.
key-caching
RC4
open system authentication
service set identifier (SSID)
32. A 1999 standard with a maximum rated speed of 54 Mbps using the 5-Ghz spectrum.
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
IEEE 802.11a
authentication server
plaintext
33. A proposed standard for faster wireless LANs projected to be ratified in 2009.
preshared key (PSK)
wireless switch
IEEE 802.11a
IEEE 802.11n
34. A frame that carries information about the data rates that the device can support along with the service set identifier (SSID) of the network it wants to join.
preauthentication
AES-CCMP
association request frame
authentication server
35. A standard formally ratified in 2003 for wireless LAN transmissions of devices transmitting at 54 Mbps.
ciphertext
service set identifier (SSID)
integrity check value (ICV)
IEEE 802.11g
36. A standard originally developed for wired networks that provides a greater degree of security for wireless networks by implementing port-based authentication.
AES-CCMP
roaming
IEEE 802.11x
IEEE 802.11a
37. An encryption technology that replaces the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol.
IEEE 802.11i
RC4
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
38. A checksum based on the contents of the text.
message integrity check (MIC)
cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
collision
shared key authentication