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Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
Definition - What does Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) mean?
Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is a wireless network security protocol of the
Techopedia explains Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
TKIP features include:
- Boosting encryption strength
- Preventing collision attacks without hardware replacement
- Serving as a WEP code wrapper and also adding per-packet mixing of media access control (MAC) base keys and serial numbers
- Assigning a unique 48-bit sequencing number to each packet
- Utilizing the RC4 stream cipher - 128-bit encryption keys and 64-bit authentication keys
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