Chapter 9 Vocabulary CST Network Pro

Encryption: secret code

​En=in Crypto=hidden

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Encryption that implements a key-mixing feature that only the receiver can unlock.

​key-mixing feature

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)

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​A wireless Network

A wireless network that works in peer-to-peer mode without an access point. The wireless NICs in each host communicate directly with one another.

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 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

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A security certification program that was developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless signals between devices.

Words in English with crypto:

​encrypt, decrypt, encryption

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/words-containing-crypt​

​encryption, encrypt, decrypt

Encryption that uses 128-, 192-, or 256-bit key lengths to encrypt and decrypt block-sized messages over a wireless transmission

​Authentication

An authentication method that configures clients and access points with a shared key (called a secret or a passphrase). Only devices with the correct shared key can connect to the wireless network.

originally this word had nothing to do with snooping.

Eavesdrop started off literally: first it referred to the water that fell from the eaves of a house, then it came to mean the ground where that water fell.

Eventually, the eavesdropper described someone who stood within the eavesdrop of a house to overhear a conversation inside.

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​Eves of the house

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eavesdropping-listen secretly

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The electromagnetic field generated by a network cable or network device (such as a wireless router) that can be manipulated in order to eavesdrop on conversations or steal data.

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An attack that spoofs the MAC address and then disconnects the device from the wireless network. Attackers can use this to stage evil twin or on-path attacks.

​ Deauthentication attack

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A signal passes through objects and the signal loses power.

​Absorb-take in

Radio waves pass through objects of different densities, causing the signal to bend or change speeds.

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​Refraction

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"to bend or break the natural course of" (light, sound, heat, etc.), 1610s, back-formation from refraction, and in part from Latin refractus

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