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Benefits and vulnerabilities of Wi-Fi protected access 2 (WPA2)

Arana, 2006

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Arana P
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With the increase in use of Wireless Networks, the initial protocols, Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) first, then Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), used to secure wireless communications were found inadequate due to many proven vulnerabilities so a new …
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