HP Deskjet 6800 series printer

Encryption type

Description

Benefits

Limitations

 

 

 

All devices must

 

 

 

have the key.

 

Devices on a

 

The WEP key does

WEP

network share a

Simplest strategy

not change

password, called a

that provides

automatically.

encryption

WEP key to encode

encryption.

WEP encryption

 

 

and decode data.

 

 

 

provides less

 

 

 

 

 

 

security than both

 

 

 

AES or TKIP.

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced

 

 

 

Encryption Standard

 

 

 

(AES) is a U.S.

 

 

 

government

 

 

 

sponsored

 

 

 

encryption method

 

 

 

that uses a complex

Since the

 

 

algorithm called

encryption key

 

 

Rijndael.

changes

 

AES

AES uses

automatically, the

All devices must

data is more difficult

 

encryption keys to

have the key.

 

encode data. AES

for eavesdroppers

 

 

to decode.

 

 

automatically

 

 

 

 

 

changes the

 

 

 

encryption keys

 

 

 

after a certain time

 

 

 

interval, thus making

 

 

 

the wireless network

 

 

 

less vulnerable to

 

 

 

eavesdropping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temporal Key

 

 

 

Integrity Protocol

 

 

 

(TKIP) uses

 

 

 

encryption keys to

Since the

 

 

encode data. TKIP

encryption key

 

 

automatically

changes

All devices must

TKIP

changes the

automatically, the

have the key.

 

encryption keys

data is more difficult

 

after a certain time

for eavesdroppers

 

 

interval, thus making

to decode.

 

 

the wireless network

 

 

 

less vulnerable to

 

 

 

eavesdropping.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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