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Which of the following encryption methods uses AES technology?

The correct answer is D. CCMP. CCMP is the only listed protocol that uses AES as its underlying cipher, making it the encryption method used in WPA2 and IEEE 802.11i.

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Question

Which of the following encryption methods uses AES technology?

Options

  • ADynamic WEP
  • BStatic WEP
  • CTKIP
  • DCCMP

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    10% (3)
  • D
    83% (24)

Why each option

CCMP is the only listed protocol that uses AES as its underlying cipher, making it the encryption method used in WPA2 and IEEE 802.11i.

ADynamic WEP

Dynamic WEP uses the RC4 stream cipher with dynamically rotating session keys rather than AES, and retains the fundamental cryptographic weaknesses of WEP despite the dynamic keying mechanism.

BStatic WEP

Static WEP uses the RC4 stream cipher with fixed, manually configured keys and provides no AES-based encryption, making it highly vulnerable to attacks such as IV reuse and key recovery.

CTKIP

TKIP was introduced as a temporary WPA upgrade over WEP but still relies on the RC4 stream cipher with per-packet key mixing rather than AES, and is now deprecated due to cryptographic weaknesses.

DCCMPCorrect

CCMP (Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol) uses the AES-128 block cipher in counter mode for confidentiality and CBC-MAC for data integrity and authentication. It was standardized in IEEE 802.11i as the mandatory strong encryption mode for WPA2, replacing the vulnerable RC4-based WEP and TKIP protocols.

Concept tested: CCMP and AES encryption in IEEE 802.11i/WPA2

Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-97/final

Topics

#CCMP#AES encryption#wireless security#WPA2

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