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GLOSSARY 703

WEP	Wired-Equivalent Privacy protocol. A security protocol, specified in the
	IEEE 802.11 standard, that attempts to provide a wireless LAN (WLAN)
	with a minimal level of security and privacy comparable to a typical
	wired LAN. WEP encrypts data transmitted over the WLAN to protect
	the vulnerable wireless connection between users (clients) and access
	points (APs). Although appropriate for most home use, WEP is weak
	and fundamentally flawed for enterprise use. Compare AES; CCMP;
	TKIP.
Wi-Fi Alliance	An organization formed by leading wireless equipment and software
	providers, for certifying all IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN) products
	for interoperability and promoting the term Wi-Fias their global brand
	name. Only products that pass Wi-Fi Alliance testing can be certified.
	Certified products are required to carry an identifying seal on their
	packaging stating that the product is Wi-Fi certified and indicating the
	radio frequency band used (2.4 GHz for 802.11b and 5 GHz for
	802.11a, for example). The Wi-Fi Alliance was formerly known as the
	Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA).
Wi-Fi Protected	See WPA.
Access
wildcard mask	A 32-bit quantity used with an IP address to determine which bits in
	the address to ignore in a comparison with another IP address. When
	setting up security access control lists (ACLs), you specify source and
	destination IP addresses and corresponding wildcard masks by which
	the WX switch determines whether to forward or filter packets. The
	security ACL checks the bits in IP addresses that correspond to any 0s
	(zeros) in the mask, but does not check the bits that correspond to 1s
	(ones) in the mask.
wired authentication	An Ethernet port that has 802.1X authentication enabled for access
port	control.
Wired-Equivalent	See WEP.
Privacy protocol
Wireless Ethernet	See Wi-Fi Alliance.
Compatibility
Alliance
wireless Internet	See WISP.
service provider