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CWNP Certified Wireless Network Administrator CWNA-109 · Domain 5: WLAN network security

Legacy weaknesses: WEP, TKIP, shared key authentication, SSID hiding and MAC filtering

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The CWNA exam expects you to know why older Wi-Fi security mechanisms are no longer acceptable, so that you can recognize them in the field and recommend replacements. Several of them were never real security in the first place.

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