Description: The Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) is a key management protocol designed to provide secure communication in wireless networks, particularly in the context of Wi-Fi technology. TKIP was developed as part of the IEEE 802.11i specification to enhance the security of Wi-Fi networks that used the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) protocol, which had become outdated and vulnerable to attacks. TKIP employs a dynamic approach to key management, generating a new encryption key for each transmitted data packet, making it difficult for an attacker to decrypt the information. Additionally, TKIP incorporates an integrity mechanism that ensures that data is not altered during transmission. This protocol is essential for ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of information in environments where security is a primary concern, such as corporate and public networks. Although TKIP has been widely used, it has been gradually replaced by more secure protocols like AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) in modern Wi-Fi implementations due to vulnerabilities discovered in TKIP over time.
