{"id":60,"date":"2025-09-23T22:03:35","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?post_type=glossary&amp;p=60"},"modified":"2025-09-23T22:03:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:03:35","slug":"wi-fi-protected-access","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=wi-fi-protected-access","title":{"rendered":"Wi-Fi Protected Access"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A security standard developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=wi-fi\"\r\n                    class=\"yaw-glossary yaw-glossary-main-link\"\r\n                    title=\"Wi-Fi\"\r\n                    data-bs-toggle=\"popover\"\r\n                    data-bs-html=\"true\"\r\n                    data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\"\r\n                    data-bs-content=\"&lt;p&gt;Wi\u2011Fi is a family of wireless networking technologies based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. It enables devices to communicate over radio frequencies (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz) without physical cabling. Wi\u2011Fi provides LAN connectivity for computers, smartphones, IoT&hellip;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">Wi-Fi<\/a> Alliance (a nonprofit organization formed to certify interoperability of wireless devices) to address the weaknesses of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). This new security standard was called <a href=\"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=wi-fi-protected-access\"\r\n                    class=\"yaw-glossary yaw-glossary-main-link\"\r\n                    title=\"Wi-Fi Protected Access\"\r\n                    data-bs-toggle=\"popover\"\r\n                    data-bs-html=\"true\"\r\n                    data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\"\r\n                    data-bs-content=\"&lt;p&gt;A security standard developed by Wi-Fi Alliance (a nonprofit organization formed to certify interoperability of wireless devices) to address the weaknesses of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). This new security standard was called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Version 1. The WPA&hellip;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">Wi-Fi Protected Access<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=wi-fi-protected-access\"\r\n                    class=\"yaw-glossary yaw-glossary-alt-link\"\r\n                    title=\"Wi-Fi Protected Access\"\r\n                    data-bs-toggle=\"popover\"\r\n                    data-bs-html=\"true\"\r\n                    data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\"\r\n                    data-bs-content=\"&lt;p&gt;A security standard developed by Wi-Fi Alliance (a nonprofit organization formed to certify interoperability of wireless devices) to address the weaknesses of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). This new security standard was called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Version 1. The WPA&hellip;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">WPA<\/a>) Version 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WPA protocol implements the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). WEP uses a 64-bit or 128-bit encryption key that must be manually entered on wireless access points and devices and does not change. TKIP employs a per-packet key, meaning that it dynamically generates a new 128-bit key for each packet and thus prevents the types of attacks that compromise WEP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WPA was replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=wi-fi-protected-access-2\"\r\n                    class=\"yaw-glossary yaw-glossary-alt-link\"\r\n                    title=\"Wi-Fi Protected Access 2\"\r\n                    data-bs-toggle=\"popover\"\r\n                    data-bs-html=\"true\"\r\n                    data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\"\r\n                    data-bs-content=\"&lt;p&gt;A security protocol for wireless networks that uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to provide strong encryption and improved security over its predecessor, WPA. WPA2 introduced WPA Enterprise mode. From March 13, 2006, to June 30, 2020, WPA2 certification was mandatory&hellip;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">WPA2<\/a> in 2004 which has been replaced by <a href=\"https:\/\/edk-tech.net\/?glossary=wi-fi-protected-access-3\"\r\n                    class=\"yaw-glossary yaw-glossary-alt-link\"\r\n                    title=\"Wi-Fi Protected Access 3\"\r\n                    data-bs-toggle=\"popover\"\r\n                    data-bs-html=\"true\"\r\n                    data-bs-trigger=\"hover focus\"\r\n                    data-bs-content=\"&lt;p&gt;A security protocol for Wi-Fi networks that provides enhanced encryption and authentication mechanisms to improve protection against unauthorized access and cyber threats. WPA3 provides many improvements to its predecessor, WPA2. WPA3 support has been mandatory for devices which bear the&hellip;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\">WPA3<\/a> since 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A security standard developed by Wi-Fi Alliance (a nonprofit organization formed to certify interoperability of wireless devices) to address the weaknesses of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP). This new security standard was called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Version 1. The WPA protocol implements the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP). 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