WPA ENCRYPTION DEMYSTIFIED
In your home, chances are that you have a wireless Wi-Fi router for your network. This router lets you connect things like your laptop and your iPad/iPhone/iPod to the network through Wi-Fi. Many people leave their Wi-Fi routers completely open with no security. This is a problem for two reasons:
1. Anyone who wants to can connect to your network and use your bandwidth. If they download something illegal (music files, child porn, etc.), it gets traced back to you rather than them.
1. Anyone who wants to can connect to your network and use your bandwidth. If they download something illegal (music files, child porn, etc.), it gets traced back to you rather than them.
2. Given the right equipment, they can snoop on your network traffic and see all the data moving on your network.
Because of these two problems, people turn on encryption to secure their routers. WEP was the first encryption standard, but it has problems that make it not so secure. WPA is the second encryption standard and solved most of the problems with WEP. Therefore, people who are conscious of security and use it on their routers almost exclusively use WPA.
Because of these two problems, people turn on encryption to secure their routers. WEP was the first encryption standard, but it has problems that make it not so secure. WPA is the second encryption standard and solved most of the problems with WEP. Therefore, people who are conscious of security and use it on their routers almost exclusively use WPA.
For full explanation of working and hacking a WPA network just read the Documentation below:-
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