Glossary (cont.)

Glossary (cont.)

Category

Item

Descriptions

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AD_HOC

This is the mode in which computers communicate with each other

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directly, rather than via access points.

 

 

INFRASTRUCTURE

This is the mode in which communications are performed via the

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(infrastructure mode)

access point.

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SSID

Abbreviation for Service Set ID. The SSID identification code must

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be set to distinguish equipment included in a wireless LAN that uses

 

 

 

access points from equipment not included in that LAN.

 

 

 

This may appear as the “ESSID” or the “network name” for wireless

 

 

 

LAN cards made by some manufacturers.

 

 

Open System/

This is an authentication of wireless signals employing a public key

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OPEN

encryptosystem.

 

 

Shared Key/

This is a secret key encryptosystem for wireless signals in which

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SHARED

authentication is performed with a key pre-set in the WEP.

 

 

 

Other terms for this method, in which the same key is used for both

 

Advanced

 

encryption and decryption, are “shared key encryptosystem” and

 

 

“common key encryptosystem”.

 

setting of

 

 

WPA-PSK

This is a standard covering encryption methods used in wireless LAN.

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connection

WPA2-PSK

It provides greater security than WEP, and has functions such as a

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user authentication function and also TKIP (encryption protocol) which

 

 

 

automatically changes the encryption key at fixed intervals.

 

 

 

And this authentication requires no authentication server.

 

 

WEP

Abbreviation for Wired Equivalent Privacy. This is a method for

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encrypting communication data. The encryption key is created and

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notified only to the communicating user, so the communication data

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cannot be decrypted by a third party.

 

 

TKIP

Abbreviation for Temporal Key Integrity Protocol.

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This encryption protocol provides even greater security than WEP

 

 

 

because it changes the encryption key at fixed intervals.

 

 

AES

Next generation standard cryptography standerdized by the National

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Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

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AES: Advanced Encryption Standard

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Panasonic TH-LB60NT Glossary cont, Adhoc, Infrastructure, infrastructure mode, Ssid, Open System, Shared Key, Advanced