Wired Equivalent Privacy
E3014
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an early and now largely obsolete Wi‑Fi security protocol known for its weak encryption and significant vulnerabilities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WEP | 8 |
| Wired Equivalent Privacy canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22446 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wired Equivalent Privacy Context triple: [IEEE 802.11, securityMechanism, Wired Equivalent Privacy]
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A.
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 is a family of wireless networking standards that define the protocols for implementing Wi‑Fi local area networks.
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B.
TLS
TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a cryptographic protocol that secures data transmitted over networks by providing encryption, authentication, and integrity between communicating applications.
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C.
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard
The IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard defines how virtual LANs are implemented and identified over Ethernet networks by inserting a VLAN tag into Ethernet frames.
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D.
NFC
The NFC (National Football Conference) is one of the two conferences in the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
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E.
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet standard
The IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet standard defines a method for delivering electrical power along with data over standard Ethernet cabling to devices such as IP phones, wireless access points, and network cameras.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Wired Equivalent Privacy Target entity description: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an early and now largely obsolete Wi‑Fi security protocol known for its weak encryption and significant vulnerabilities.
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A.
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 is a family of wireless networking standards that define the protocols for implementing Wi‑Fi local area networks.
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B.
TLS
TLS (Transport Layer Security) is a cryptographic protocol that secures data transmitted over networks by providing encryption, authentication, and integrity between communicating applications.
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C.
IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard
The IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tagging standard defines how virtual LANs are implemented and identified over Ethernet networks by inserting a VLAN tag into Ethernet frames.
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D.
NFC
The NFC (National Football Conference) is one of the two conferences in the National Football League, comprising 16 teams that compete for a spot in the Super Bowl.
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E.
IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet standard
The IEEE 802.3af Power over Ethernet standard defines a method for delivering electrical power along with data over standard Ethernet cabling to devices such as IP phones, wireless access points, and network cameras.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wi‑Fi security protocol
ⓘ
link‑layer security protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Wired Equivalent Privacy
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
WEP
|
| attackToolExample |
Aircrack‑ng
ⓘ
WEPCrack ⓘ |
| authenticationMethod |
open system authentication
ⓘ
shared‑key authentication ⓘ |
| canBeBrokenWith |
passive traffic capture
ⓘ
publicly available cracking tools ⓘ statistical analysis of packets ⓘ |
| compatibility | supported by many legacy Wi‑Fi devices ⓘ |
| currentBestPractice | replace with WPA2 or WPA3 ⓘ |
| definedInStandard | IEEE 802.11 ⓘ |
| designGoal | provide confidentiality comparable to wired networks ⓘ |
| doesNotProvideSecurityService |
replay protection
ⓘ
strong integrity protection ⓘ |
| encryptionScope | protects data between client and access point ⓘ |
| historicalRole | first widely deployed Wi‑Fi security mechanism ⓘ |
| introducedInStandard |
IEEE 802.11
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.11-1997
IEEE 802.11 ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.11b
|
| keyDistribution | manual ⓘ |
| keyManagementType | pre‑shared key ⓘ |
| keyReuse | common across multiple clients ⓘ |
| operatesAtLayer | data link layer ⓘ |
| perception | initially believed to provide strong security ⓘ |
| providesSecurityService |
access control
ⓘ
confidentiality ⓘ |
| recommendation | should not be used for sensitive data ⓘ |
| regulatoryStatus | discouraged by Wi‑Fi Alliance ⓘ |
| status |
deprecated
ⓘ
obsolete ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Wi‑Fi Protected Access
ⓘ
surface form:
IEEE 802.11i
Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ
surface form:
WPA
Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ
surface form:
WPA2
Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ |
| usesEncryptionAlgorithm | RC4 stream cipher ⓘ |
| usesInitializationVectorLength | 24‑bit IV ⓘ |
| usesIntegrityCheck | CRC‑32 ⓘ |
| usesKeyLength |
104‑bit key
ⓘ
40‑bit key ⓘ |
| usesKeyType | static symmetric key ⓘ |
| vulnerability |
IV reuse
ⓘ
bit‑flipping attacks ⓘ key recovery attacks ⓘ no protection against replay attacks ⓘ short initialization vector ⓘ weak integrity check using CRC‑32 ⓘ weak key scheduling in RC4 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Wired Equivalent Privacy Description of subject: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is an early and now largely obsolete Wi‑Fi security protocol known for its weak encryption and significant vulnerabilities.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
WEP
this entity surface form:
WEP
subject surface form:
RC4
this entity surface form:
WEP
subject surface form:
Aircrack-ng
this entity surface form:
WEP
this entity surface form:
WEP
subject surface form:
AES-CCMP
this entity surface form:
WEP
this entity surface form:
WEP
this entity surface form:
WEP