<div>Thanks for your help</div>
<div>But i found that if I set AP with a password in an OpenSystem Authentication, STA can always connect the AP and access its resource , Why? OpenSystem Authentication need no password? <br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">2008/10/16 Dan Williams <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dcbw@redhat.com">dcbw@redhat.com</a>></span><br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">On Thu, 2008-10-16 at 10:20 +0800, c4linux c4linux wrote:<br>> >>Open System actually doesn't do authentication.<br>><br>><br>> authentication = encryption?<br><br></div>No, they are different. But Shared Key authentication _uses_ the WEP<br>
encryption algorithm as access control.<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> So Why I can do WEP encryption in an Open System authentication? I'm<br>> confused between authentication and encryption :(<br><br></div>They are two different things. Authentication determines whether or not<br>
a user is allowed to access the system in the first place, while<br>encryption protects the content of their messages _after_ they have been<br>granted access to the system. But to preserve security and prevent<br>spoofed authentications, some authentication methods also employ<br>
encryption as part of the process, but it's a separate step from the<br>encryption that happens after the user has gained access to the system.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Dan<br><br><br></font></blockquote></div><br>