WEP – (Wired Equivalent Privacy)

WEP – (Wired Equivalent Privacy), a security protocol for wireless local area networks (WLANs) defined in the 802.11 standard. WEP is so called because it was designed to provide the same level of security as that of a wired LAN. But LANs are actually more secure than WLANs because LANs are restricted by physical access that secures them from unauthorized access. But WLANs use radio waves that do