D-Link M32-2, M32-3 User Manual

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133D-Link M32 User Manual

Appendix D - Wireless Security

Wireless Security

This section will show you the dierent levels of encryption you can use to better protect your data from intruders. The router

oers the following types of security protocols:

• WPA3 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 3) • WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2)

• WPA2-PSK (Pre-Shared Key) • WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)

• WPA-PSK (Pre-Shared Key)

What is WPA?

WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access), is a Wi-Fi standard that was designed to improve the security features of WEP (Wired Equiva-

lent Privacy).

The 2 major improvements over WEP:

• Improved data encryption through the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). TKIP scrambles the keys using a

hashing algorithm and by adding an integrity-checking feature, ensures that the keys haven’t been tampered

with. WPA2 is based on 802.11i and uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) instead of TKIP.

• User authentication, which is generally missing in WEP, through the extensible authentication protocol (EAP). WEP

regulates access to a wireless network based on a computer’s hardware-specic MAC address, which is relatively

simple to be snied out and stolen. EAP is built on a more secure public-key encryption system to ensure that

only authorized network users can access the network.

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK/WPA3-SAE uses a passphrase or key to authenticate your wireless connection. The key is an alpha-nu-

meric password between 8 and 63 characters long. The password can include symbols (!?*&_) and spaces. This key must be

the exact same key entered on your wireless router or access point.

WPA/WPA2 incorporates user authentication through the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP). EAP is built on a more

secure public key encryption system to ensure that only authorized network users can access the network.

WPA3 has the strongest encryption among these with the increased cryptographic capability and the requirements of the

Protected Management Frames (PMFs) to help protect from snooping attack.

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