Problem
Wireless networking has gained unprecedented importance with the rise of mobile and wireless communication technologies among the Internet population. Wireless networking presents a number of additional challenges to security. In a wireless network, information is transmitted through open space with no physical barriers, making it easier to sniff traffic and perform session hijacking.
Encryption protocols were developed in order to address some of the challenges to security in wireless communications. The process of encryption transforms the information to a different form, making it difficult for anyone other than the communicating parties to decipher the message. The Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) protocols are the major wireless network encryption protocols.
Summarize the main differences and similarities between WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access). Is one considered more secure than the other? Why or why not? Explain.