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In Internet networking, a private network is a computer network that restricts access to it. Only devices, systems, and users with appropriate authorization and authentication can connect to a private network.
Wi-Fi Alliance's Interoperability Certificate page; Weakness in Passphrase Choice in WPA Interface, by Robert Moskowitz. Retrieved March 2, 2004. The Evolution of 802.11 Wireless Security, by Kevin Benton, April 18th 2010 Archived 2016-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
Anyone within the geographical network range of an open, unencrypted wireless network can "sniff", or capture and record, the traffic, gain unauthorized access to internal network resources as well as to the internet, and then use the information and resources to perform disruptive or illegal acts. Such security breaches have become important ...
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has reserved the IPv4 address block 169.254.0.0 / 16 (169.254.0.0 – 169.254.255.255) for link-local addressing. [1] The entire range may be used for this purpose, except for the first 256 and last 256 addresses (169.254.0.0 / 24 and 169.254.255.0 / 24), which are reserved for future use and must not be selected by a host using this dynamic ...
IEEE 802.11n is an amendment to IEEE 802.11-2007 as amended by IEEE 802.11k-2008, IEEE 802.11r-2008, IEEE 802.11y-2008, and IEEE 802.11w-2009, and builds on previous 802.11 standards by adding a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system and 40 MHz channels to the PHY (physical layer) and frame aggregation to the MAC layer.
The following example shows IP addresses that might be used with an office network that consists of six hosts plus a router. The six hosts addresses are:
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The easier a password is for the owner to remember generally means it will be easier for an attacker to guess. [12] However, passwords that are difficult to remember may also reduce the security of a system because (a) users might need to write down or electronically store the password, (b) users will need frequent password resets and (c) users are more likely to re-use the same password ...