Question

You are implementing a wireless network in a dentist's office. The dentist's practice is small, so you choose to use an inexpensive consumer-grade access point. While reading the documentation, you notice that the access point supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) using a PIN. You are concerned about the security implications of this functionality. What should you do to reduce risk

Answer 1

Answer:

You should disable WPS in the access point's configuration.

Explanation:

Encryption is a form of cryptography and typically involves the process of converting or encoding informations in plaintext into a code, known as a ciphertext. Once, an information or data has been encrypted it can only be accessed and deciphered by an authorized user.

Some examples of encryption algorithms are 3DES, AES, RC4, RC5, and RSA.

In wireless access points, the encryption technologies used for preventing unauthorized access includes WEP, WPA, and WPA2.

In this scenario, you notice that an access point supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) using a PIN and you are concerned about the security implications of this functionality. Therefore, to reduce this risk you should disable Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) in the access point's configuration.

This ultimately implies that, the wireless access point will operate in an open state and as such would not require any form of password or PIN for use.