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Which of the following wireless security features provides the best wireless security mechanism?

The correct answer is A. WPA with 802.1X authentication. WPA with 802.1X provides the strongest wireless security by requiring per-user authentication through an external RADIUS server, eliminating shared-key weaknesses.

Security Architecture & Engineering

Question

Which of the following wireless security features provides the best wireless security mechanism?

Options

  • AWPA with 802.1X authentication
  • BWPA with Pre Shared Key
  • CWEP
  • DWPA

How the community answered

(46 responses)
  • A
    91% (42)
  • B
    4% (2)
  • C
    2% (1)
  • D
    2% (1)

Why each option

WPA with 802.1X provides the strongest wireless security by requiring per-user authentication through an external RADIUS server, eliminating shared-key weaknesses.

AWPA with 802.1X authenticationCorrect

WPA with 802.1X (WPA-Enterprise) leverages IEEE 802.1X port-based network access control with an EAP method and a RADIUS server, enabling mutual authentication on a per-user basis and deriving unique per-session encryption keys, which prevents credential sharing and makes key compromise far more difficult than any PSK-based scheme.

BWPA with Pre Shared Key

WPA-PSK relies on a single pre-shared key known by all users, making the entire network vulnerable if that key is compromised or brute-forced.

CWEP

WEP uses the RC4 cipher with a flawed short static IV implementation that allows an attacker to recover the key in minutes using passive traffic capture.

DWPA

WPA alone without 802.1X defaults to PSK mode in practice, which lacks per-user authentication and dynamic key derivation provided by the enterprise 802.1X model.

Concept tested: WPA Enterprise 802.1X wireless authentication strength

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/networking/technologies/nps/nps-802-1x-design-guide

Topics

#wireless security#WPA#802.1X#authentication

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