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