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Which is better Aes or Tkip encryption

  • 17-01-2007 08:24PM
    #1
    cubix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭


    My wireless device can do both so which would be the best. Also to get the most out of it do I have to use a certain lenght password

    Thanks


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  • #2
    cubix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,165 ✭✭✭cubix


    Come on some of you tech lads must know plz


  • #3
    Rebeller
    Closed Accounts Posts: 271 ✭✭Rebeller


    cubix wrote:
    My wireless device can do both so which would be the best. Also to get the most out of it do I have to use a certain length password

    Thanks

    RC4 was the original encryption used in early wi-fi devices. RC4 in itself is an extremely effective and strong cipher and should provide good levels of security. The problem is that when implemented using WEP privacy it is fairly useless as WEP is a broken, and ineffective since it does not implement RC4 correctly.

    RC4 has once again become usable with the implementation of TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) in the newer WPA privacy protocol. TKIP involves changing the keys exchanged between devices often enough so that encryption (such as RC4) can be used safely.

    AES is a new encryption standard different and stronger than RC4 (however RC4 is more than adequate if used correctly as is done with WPA).

    AES is therefore a stronger form of encryption but is far more hardware and processor intensive than RC4.

    WPA-PSK is more than adequate for a home setting as long as the passphrase you use is at least 60 characters comprising a random mixture of upper and lower case letters, numbers and other characters.

    The passphrase is the achilles heel of WPA-PSK. Make sure it's strong enough and you'll have an unbreakable network.


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