The Wired Equivalent Privacy standard had what significant disadvantage?

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Kirsten

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14 November, 14:15

The Wired Equivalent Privacy standard had what significant disadvantage?

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Andre Roman · Answer 1

Answer: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) has the major disadvantage of having a shared key of encryption for all the clients.

Explanation: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the protocol for providing the security to the WiFi and other network of 802.11 standard. It secures the data in by the method of encryption. Though it has a drawback that it encrypts the the data in shared key form and it has most chances of not able to change the key which is not a convenient feature for the clients.

Gunnar Butler · Answer 2

Wired equivalent privacy standard has the significant disadvantages as, it is uses the static encryption keys. Wired equivalent privacy are the security and the privacy protocol which are used for designing the wireless local area network. And the static encryption key are used to set up the router for encrypting the packet in the device. The main disadvantage is that it enables the MAC address and it is easily detectable by the hackers.