QuestionQ496

Cryptography Concepts for Managers

Which of the following delivers security by using authentication and encryption on a Wireless LAN (WLAN)?

  • A WEP
  • B WAP
  • C L2TP
  • D IPSec
Explanation

Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an IEEE 802.11 wireless security mechanism that can use a pre-shared WEP key for shared-key authentication and encrypt WLAN traffic. It is legacy technology with known weaknesses, but it is the WLAN authentication-and-encryption choice listed.

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