Dictionary · NIST SP 800-48
L2 — definitions grouped by regulatory framework.
Nouns
6 senses- Access Point
A device that logically connects wireless client devices operating in infrastructure to one another and provides access to a distribution system, if connected, which is typically an organization’s enterprise wired network.
- Jamming
An attack in which a device is used to emit electromagnetic energy on a wireless network’s frequency to make it unusable.
- Robust Security Network
A wireless security network that only allows the creation of Robust Security Network Associations (RSNAs).
- Robust Security Network Association
A logical connection between communicating IEEE 802.11 entities established through the IEEE 802.11i key management scheme, also known as the four-way handshake.
- Spoofing
“IP spoofing” refers to sending a network packet that appears to come from a source other than its actual source.
- Wired Equivalent Privacy
A security protocol, specified in the IEEE 802.11 standard, that is designed to provide a WLAN with a level of security and privacy comparable to what is usually expected of a wired LAN. WEP is no longer considered a viable encryption mechanism due to known weaknesses.