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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is a security algorithm for IEEE 80211 wireless networks Introduced as part of the original 80211 standard ratified in 1997, its intention was to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network WEP, recognizable by its key of 10 or 26 hexadecimal digits (40 or 104 bits), was at one time widely in use and was often the first security choice presented to users by router configuration toolsIn 2003, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced that WEP had been superseded by Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) In 2004, with the ratification of the full 802
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