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WPA replaces the broken WEP system with the interim 802. 11i work, including a robust new key (TKIP), appropriate packet integrity (Michael or MIC, in which the checksum is an integrity check and in the encrypted payload), and adds 802. 1x support for network authentication, as well as the consumer pre-shared secret option.

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a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage

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The first is a CRC32 checksum, the second an MD5 checksum. — Maximum Security -- Ch 11 -- Trojans
If a copy does exist in L2ARC, the checksum will be compared to ensure that there has been no corruption, and then the data will be returned at micro second latencies. — Sun Bloggers
Size / MD5 checksum: 4089498 b1c0f345c3d51a9dea6dd07a003e6e4e — Latest Secunia Security Advisories
Size / MD5 checksum: 58316 78936a99f622964adb9f08f1739f77c9 — Latest Secunia Security Advisories
WPA replaces the broken WEP system with the interim 802. 11i work, including a robust new key (TKIP), appropriate packet integrity (Michael or MIC, in which the checksum is an integrity check and in the encrypted payload), and adds 802. 1x support for network authentication, as well as the consumer pre-shared secret option. — Wi-Fi Networking News