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Question about WIFI encryption
So my buddy and I are having a debate. This is non-model specific and a general home wifi question. He said that when a wifi router encrypts traffic, it encrypts it all the way to the destination th...
> He said that when a wifi router encrypts traffic, it encrypts it all
> the way to the destination through the internet.He's wrong. Wi-Fi (stupid name) encryption is Wi-Fi encryption; it
works on the link between the wireless access point and the client
device. It is intended to prevent someone who has a radio receiver in
the neighborhood from gleaning useful information from your radio
signals.The wireless access point and the client device negotiate the link
encryption; some remote Web site (for example) knows nothing about it.Additional end-to-end encryption (HTTPS, SSH, SSL, ...) is entirely
independent of Wi-Fi encryption.
> He said that when a wifi router encrypts traffic, it encrypts it all
> the way to the destination through the internet.
He's wrong. Wi-Fi (stupid name) encryption is Wi-Fi encryption; it
works on the link between the wireless access point and the client
device. It is intended to prevent someone who has a radio receiver in
the neighborhood from gleaning useful information from your radio
signals.
The wireless access point and the client device negotiate the link
encryption; some remote Web site (for example) knows nothing about it.
Additional end-to-end encryption (HTTPS, SSH, SSL, ...) is entirely
independent of Wi-Fi encryption.