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802.11i

802.11i, also called Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA 2), is the standard for WLAN security. IEEE 802.11i enhances the WEP (Wireline Equivalent Privacy), a technology used for many years for the WLAN security, in the areas of encryption, authentication and key management. WPA 2 supports the 128-bit-and-above Advanced Encryption Standard, along with 802.1x authentication and key management features. It also uses TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) which rotates key periodically to improve WLAN security.

Standard Organization

IEEE

Related Document

IEEE 802.11i