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Authors:
James F. Kurose, Keith W. Ross
Chapter:
Security In Computer Networks
Exercise:
Review
Question:28 | ISBN:9780132856201 | Edition: 6

Question

In WEP, an IV is sent in the clear in every frame. True or False?

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Answer

TRUE.

EXPLANATION:

  • The WEP( Wired Equivalent Privacy) is used for access point and wireless host transmission.
  • An IV( initialization vector )  is used for data encryption in every frame and transfer with plain text in each data frame through WEP.

Hence, the given statement " In WEP, an IV is sent in the clear in every frame " is TRUE.

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