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EC0-350 · Question #711

Jackson discovers that the wireless AP transmits 128 bytes of plaintext, and the station responds by encrypting the plaintext. It then transmits the resulting ciphertext using the same key and…

The correct answer is C. shared key authentication. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

Question

Jackson discovers that the wireless AP transmits 128 bytes of plaintext, and the station responds by encrypting the plaintext. It then transmits the resulting ciphertext using the same key and cipher that are used by WEP to encrypt subsequent network traffic. What authentication mechanism is being followed here?

Options

  • Ano authentication
  • Bsingle key authentication
  • Cshared key authentication
  • Dopen system authentication

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  • A
    8% (5)
  • B
    15% (9)
  • C
    73% (45)
  • D
    5% (3)

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