Choosing an encryption protocol for a wireless network

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How can I configure my wireless network for the strongest security?
What is the most practical security method for a home wireless network?

I need to configure my wireless network for my desktop. However I am not sure what encryption protocol I should use. Can somebody please let me know if I should use WPA-TKIP, WEP (128 bit), GZIP, WPA-AES or any other?

I would really appreciate your help.

user42340

Posted 2010-07-22T15:16:18.817

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Question was closed 2010-07-22T17:30:56.503

Possible duplicate of http://superuser.com/questions/1864/how-can-i-configure-my-wireless-network-for-the-strongest-security and http://superuser.com/questions/3180/what-is-the-most-practical-security-method-for-a-home-wireless-network/3190#3190

– sblair – 2010-07-22T15:26:40.980

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WEP and WPA-TKIP are being discontinued due to security vunerabilities. Currently WPA-AES is the only wide-spread secure encryption scheme for WiFi.

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/WEP-and-TKIP-Wi-Fi-encryption-methods-to-be-discontinued-1024835.html

Andrew Lewis

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