WPA2 PSK
Wi fi protected access
At least WPA encryption is recommended because WEP keys can be easily cracked in minutes leavinf your wireless connection Susceptible to attacks.
WPA-Personal
WPA-Personal
to do so i would have to:be in range of your laptop or wireless routerknow the password to your wireless encryption or for you to be using no encryption
DOD Wireless devices must (at minimum) adhere to ____________ encryption requirements?
VPN encryption applies from the user's PC all the way to the host computer regardless of the type of network used. The encryption methods used by VPN are stronger than WEP and WPA and are the preferred method when transmitting sensitive data ocer a wireless connection.
If you are concerned about information security, wireless security protocols add some small level of protection. If you are not concerned about it then encryption is an extra level of hassle.
To add encryption for wireless networks
encryption
It is important to enable data encryption to prevent unwanted access to your wireless modem.
Upgrade to the LEAP wireless security protocol.
WEP (also known as Wired Equivalent Privacy, or some times incorrectly as Wireless Encryption Protocol) is a very weak method of encryption used in the past on wireless devices. Modern methods enable near instantaneous defeat of this protocol and can sniff packets off the air in no time. So WEP is hardly any security at all.