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