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What is the full form of WPA

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WPA: Wi-Fi Protected Access

WPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access. It is a security protocol for Wi-Fi networks. It was developed to replace the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or to improve upon the features of WEP. It was introduced in 2003 with the 802.11i wireless standard. Its upgraded version is WPA2 which is more secure than the WPA. Since 2006, all network devices are required to be WPA2 certified.

Features

• It provides better encryption than WEP through any of the two standard technologies: Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
• It offers built-in authentication support that is not available in WEP.
• It offers support for authentication servers or RADIUS servers.
• When it uses TKIP, a message integrity code is included to make sure that date is secured. It is better than the WEP?s packet guarantee called cyclic redundancy check (CRC).