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What are TKIP / AES?

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is a security protocol used in Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). TKIP provides per-packet key mixing, a message integrity check and a rekeying mechanism.

Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is a block cipher adopted as an encryption standard by the US government. AES encryption is used in WPA2 to enhance the security of wireless network.

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