MIC

• Message Integrity Check is used in wireless authentication to ensure integrity of messages
  1. The sender calculates the MIC based on the original message
  2. Sender encrypts both MIC and message and sends to recipient
  3. Recipient decrypts message performs its own MIC calculation
  4. Recipient compares both MICs and discards if compromised

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OSI or TCP/IP Layer

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