
etc. The term is promulgated by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
WPA
WPA is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Access. It was created in response to
several serious weaknesses researchers had found in the previous system , Wired
Equivalent Privacy (WEP). WPA implements the majority of the IEEE 802.11i
standard, and was intended as an intermediate measure to take the place of WEP
while 802.11i was prepared. WPA is specifically designed to also work with
pre-WPA wireless network interface cards (through firmware upgrades), but not
necessarily with first generation wireless access points. WPA2 implements the
full standard, but will not work with some older network cards (Wikipedia).
WPA-PSK
WPA-PSK is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Access - Pre Shared Key. WPA
was designed to enhance the security of wireless networks. There are two flavors
of WPA: enterprise and personal. Enterprise is meant for use with an IEEE
802.1X authentication server, which distributes different keys to each user.
Personal WPA utilizes less scalable 'pre-shared key' (PSK) mode, where every
allowed computer is given the same passphrase. In PSK mode, security depends
on the strength and secrecy of the passphrase. The design of WPA is based on a
Draft 3 of the IEEE 802.11i standard (Wikipedia)
WPA-Radius
WPA-Radius is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Access - Radius (802.1X
authentication server). WPA was designed to enhance the security of wireless
networks. There are two flavors of WPA: enterprise and personal. Enterprise is
meant for use with an IEEE 802.1X authentication server, which distributes
different keys to each user. Personal WPA utilizes less scalable 'pre-shared key'
(PSK) mode, where every allowed computer is given the same passphrase. In
PSK mode, security depends on the strength and secrecy of the passphrase. The
design of WPA is based on a Draft 3 of the IEEE 802.11i standard (Wikipedia)
WPS
WPS is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected Setup. It is a standard for easy and
secure establishment of a wireless home network. The goal of the WPS protocol
is to simplify the process of connecting any home device to the wireless network
(Wikipedia).
WTR
WTR is an acronym for Wait To Restore. This is the time a fail on a resource
has to be 'not active' before restoration back to this (previously failing) resource
is done.
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