EVALUATING PERFORMANCE AND SECURITY OF WPA USING SHA1

Wirelesses Local Area Networks (WLANs) have become more common and are widely used in many places like university campuses etc. With Growing popularity, the security of wireless network has become very important issue . Wi - Fi device needs the security so as to protect it from unauthorized access and data theft. WPA protocol are used for security of wireless network .In this paper evaluation of MAC and SHA - 1 is performed by calculating throughput and the results shows imp rovement of WPA using SHA1.