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Which of the following does Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) support?

The correct answer is A. Multicast and broadcast messages. TKIP was designed as a security enhancement over WEP and includes support for multicast and broadcast message encryption using group keys alongside per-unicast session keys.

Submitted by yousef_jo· Mar 5, 2026Communication and Network Security

Question

Which of the following does Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) support?

Options

  • AMulticast and broadcast messages
  • BCoordination of IEEE 802.11 protocols
  • CWired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) systems
  • DSynchronization of multiple devices

How the community answered

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  • A
    87% (26)
  • B
    7% (2)
  • C
    3% (1)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

TKIP was designed as a security enhancement over WEP and includes support for multicast and broadcast message encryption using group keys alongside per-unicast session keys.

AMulticast and broadcast messagesCorrect

TKIP supports multicast and broadcast messages by using a group temporal key (GTK) distributed to all devices in the BSS, allowing encrypted group communications. This was a deliberate design requirement to address WEP's weaknesses while maintaining compatibility with existing hardware, enabling both unicast (via pairwise keys) and multicast/broadcast (via group keys) traffic protection.

BCoordination of IEEE 802.11 protocols

Coordination of IEEE 802.11 protocols is handled by the MAC layer and management functions such as the Distributed Coordination Function (DCF), not by TKIP, which is strictly an encryption/integrity protocol.

CWired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) systems

TKIP was designed to replace and improve upon WEP's security flaws, not to support WEP systems; it uses per-packet key mixing and message integrity checks (MIC) specifically to overcome WEP's vulnerabilities.

DSynchronization of multiple devices

Synchronization of multiple devices is a function related to timing mechanisms such as the Timing Synchronization Function (TSF) in 802.11, which is entirely unrelated to TKIP's role as a data encryption and integrity protocol.

Concept tested: TKIP encryption support for multicast and broadcast

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/nativewifi/about-the-wi-fi-security-model

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#TKIP#WPA#wireless security#network protocols

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