WPA

Author: Carrie.Kim

WPA is short of WiFi Protected Access. It is security technology is form of encryption that can be used by computers to encrypt data between them a wireless for wireless computer network. It is used to secure our computer.

Security is all the talk in wireless networks today. The best security is WPA. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), so named by the [|Wi-Fi Alliance], is taking the lead alongside an even newer version, WPA2. Both are based on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.22 ratified amendment. WPA is expected to be compatible with the upcoming 802.11i security standard, sometimes referred to as WPA2. WPA is designed to be a software upgrade. The 802.11i standard will likely require a hardware upgrade. However, wireless vendors and security professionals expect today's WPA and WPA-PSK to be useful for a very long time. Also, therea are antother secutity programn called WEP.

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