Data Protection
The goal of data protection is to solve the inherent vulnerability of Wi-Fi to passive eavesdropping. Encryption is the best way to protect data in transit, although it comes with the challenge of how to securely share the encryption keys over an unencrypted connection. When encryption keys are not shared discreetly, attackers can steal and use them to decrypt even the strongest encryption.
Network traffic that is sent directly from one station to another is known as unicast. Traffic from one station to all stations is known as broadcast; and traffic from one station to a subset of stations is known as multicast. To provide complete security, each of these require a unique encryption key. The 4-way handshake creates all the keys ...
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