Acronyms
ACK | Acknowledge |
ADSL | Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line |
AES | Advanced Encryption Standard |
AP | Access Point |
AS | Authentication Server |
ATM | Automatic Teller Machine |
BSS | Basic Service Set |
CBC | Cipher Block Chaining |
CCM | Counter Mode?CBC MAC |
CCMP | Counter Mode?CBC MAC Protocol |
CHAP | Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol |
CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check |
DA | Destination Address |
DHCP | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol |
DoS | Denial of Service |
EAP | Extensible Authentication Protocol |
EAPOL | EAP Over LAN |
EKE | Encrypted Key Exchange |
ESS | Extended Service Set |
GMK | Group Master Key |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GSM | Groupe Spécial Mobile |
GSSAPI | Generic Security Service Application Program Interface |
GTK | Group Transient Key |
HMAC | Hash Message Authentication Code |
IAKERB | Initial and Pass-Through Authentication Using Kerberos V5 |
IANA | Internet Assigned Numbers Authority |
IBSS | Independent Basic Service Set |
ICMP | Internet Control Message Protocol |
ICV | Integrity Check Value |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IETF | Internet Engineering Task Force |
IMSI | International Mobile Subscriber Identity |
IP | Internet Protocol |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
ISP | Internet Service Provider |
IT | Information Technology |
IV | Initialization Vector |
KDC | Key Distribution Center |
LAN | Local Area Network |
LEAP | Light EAP (Cisco) |
LLC | Link Layer Control |
MAC | Medium Access Control (the meaning used in this book) |
MAC (alt) | Message Authentication Code (cryptographic community use) |
MIC | Message Integrity Code |
MPDU | MAC Protocol Data Unit |
MSDU | MAC Service Data Unit |
NAK | Negative Acknowledge |
NAS | Network Access Server |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
PAE | Port Access Entity |
PAP | Password Authentication Protocol |
PC | Personal Computer |
PDA | Personal Digital Assistant |
PEAP | Protected EAP |
PKI | Public Key Infrastructure |
PLCP | Physical Layer Convergence Protocol |
PIN | Personal Identification Number |
PMK | Pairwise Master Key |
PN | Packet Number |
POP | Point of Presence |
PPP | Point to Point Protocol |
PRF | Pseudo Random Function |
PTK | Pairwise Transient Key |
PRNG | Pseudo Random Number Generator |
USB | Universal Serial Bus |
RA | Receiver Address |
RADIUS | Remote Authentication Dial-In Service |
RFC | Request For Comment |
RH | RSN Header |
RSN | Robust Security Network |
SA | Source Address |
SIM | Subscriber Identity Module |
SRP | Secure Remote Password |
SSID | Service Set Identifier |
SSL | Secure Socket Layer |
STA | Wireless Station |
TA | Transmitter Address |
TGi | IEEE 802.11 Task Group 'i' |
TGS | Ticket Granting Service |
TGT | Ticket Granting Ticket |
TKIP | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol |
TLS | Transport Layer Security |
TSC | TKIP Sequence Counter |
VPN | Virtual Private Network |
WEP | Wired Equivalent Privacy |
WPA | Wi-Fi Protected Access |
