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