What is WPA security?
WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK) stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access with a Pre-Shared Key, and was developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to address the security weaknesses associated with WEP security. WPA/WPA2-Personal (PSK) is a standards-based security technique where each packet of information is encrypted with a different code, or key. Since the key is constantly changing, WPA/WPA2 is very secure. The encryption key is generated automatically from a string of characters called the pass phrase or from the use of a Pre-Shared Key (PSK). Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is an interim standard adopted by the Wi-Fi Alliance to provide more secure encryption and data integrity while the IEEE 802.11i standard was being ratified. WPA supports authentication through a Pre-Shared Key (known as WPA Personal), a new encryption algorithm known as the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). WPA2 is a certification available through the Wi-Fi Alliance that certifies wireless equipment as being compatible with the 8
