Wi Fi Glossary
Browse 6 wi fi terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
6 Wi Fi Terms
- Deauthentication
- The forced termination of a wireless client's connection, commonly by sending forged 802.11 deauthentication frames in networks that do not adequately protect...
- Pre-Shared Key
- A secret key known to all participating parties in advance and used for authentication or encryption, commonly in VPNs and WPA/WPA2-Personal wireless networks....
- Rogue Access Point
- An unauthorized wireless access point connected to or impersonating part of an organization's network. Rogue access points can create hidden entry points,...
- Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
- A legacy Wi-Fi security protocol that improved on WEP but is now considered deprecated and weak. It shows up in application security, identity, infrastructure,...
- Wi-Fi Pineapple
- A wireless auditing device that mimics trusted networks to study client behavior and capture traffic. It shows up in application security, identity,...
- Wi-Fi Protected Access
- A family of wireless security protocols used to authenticate devices and encrypt Wi-Fi traffic. It shows up in application security, identity, infrastructure,...
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