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CWSP-206 · Question #84

In XYZ's small business, two autonomous 802.11ac APs and 12 client devices are in use with WPA2-Personal. What statement about the WLAN security of this company is true?

The correct answer is C. A successful attack against all unicast traffic on the network would require a weak passphrase. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

In XYZ's small business, two autonomous 802.11ac APs and 12 client devices are in use with WPA2-Personal. What statement about the WLAN security of this company is true?

Options

  • AIntruders may obtain the passphrase with an offline dictionary attack and gain network access, but
  • BBecause WPA2-Personal uses Open System authentication followed by a 4-Way Handshake,
  • CA successful attack against all unicast traffic on the network would require a weak passphrase
  • DAn unauthorized wireless client device cannot associate, but can eavesdrop on some data
  • EAn unauthorized WLAN user with a protocol analyzer can decode data frames of authorized users

How the community answered

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  • A
    6% (3)
  • B
    2% (1)
  • C
    82% (41)
  • D
    2% (1)
  • E
    8% (4)

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