Wi‑Fi Protected Access

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Wi‑Fi security standard wireless security protocol family

Wi‑Fi Protected Access is a family of security protocols designed to protect wireless computer networks by providing stronger data encryption and user authentication than earlier Wi‑Fi standards.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
WPA	6
IEEE 802.11i	3
WPA2	3
WPA3‑Enterprise	2
IEEE 802.11 wireless security	1
IEEE 802.11i amendment	1
TKIP	1
WPA2‑Enterprise	1
WPA3	1
WPA‑Enterprise	1
WPA‑TKIP	1
Wi‑Fi Protected Access 3	1
Wi‑Fi Protected Access II	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Wi‑Fi security standard ⓘ wireless security protocol family ⓘ
abbreviation	Wi‑Fi Protected Access self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WPA
appliesTo	IEEE 802.11 ⓘ surface form: IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs
authenticationMethod	802.1X ⓘ Pre‑Shared Key ⓘ
backwardCompatibleWith	WEP‑capable hardware ⓘ
basedOnStandard	IEEE 802.11 ⓘ
category	computer network security ⓘ wireless networking ⓘ
competesWith	proprietary wireless security mechanisms ⓘ
designedFor	enterprise Wi‑Fi networks ⓘ home Wi‑Fi networks ⓘ
developedBy	Wi‑Fi Alliance ⓘ
encryptionMethod	AES ⓘ Advanced Encryption Standard ⓘ TKIP ⓘ
follows	Wired Equivalent Privacy ⓘ
hasVersion	WPA ⓘ Wi‑Fi Protected Access self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WPA2 Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 ⓘ surface form: WPA3
improvesOn	encryption key management ⓘ message integrity ⓘ
includesFeature	data confidentiality ⓘ message integrity check ⓘ per‑packet key mixing ⓘ user authentication ⓘ
introducedAs	interim replacement for WEP ⓘ
partOf	Wi‑Fi certification program ⓘ
providesStrongerSecurityThan	Wired Equivalent Privacy ⓘ
purpose	protect wireless computer networks ⓘ provide data encryption ⓘ provide user authentication ⓘ
replaces	Wired Equivalent Privacy ⓘ surface form: WEP
securityGoal	prevent unauthorized network access ⓘ protect confidentiality of transmitted data ⓘ protect integrity of transmitted data ⓘ
shortName	Wi‑Fi Protected Access self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WPA
successor	Wi‑Fi Protected Access self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: WPA2 Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 ⓘ surface form: WPA3
usedIn	Wi‑Fi access points ⓘ Wi‑Fi client devices ⓘ Wi‑Fi routers ⓘ
uses	802.1X authentication framework ⓘ TKIP ⓘ Temporal Key Integrity Protocol ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol → abbreviation → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: TKIP

Wi‑Fi Protected Access → abbreviation → Wi‑Fi Protected Access self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol → alsoKnownAs → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA‑TKIP

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol → componentOf → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol → definedIn → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11i amendment

Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA3 → defines → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA3‑Enterprise

Wi‑Fi Protected Access → hasVersion → Wi‑Fi Protected Access self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA2

IEEE standards → includesExample → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11i

IEEE 802.1X → relatedTo → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA

IEEE 802.11 → securityMechanism → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wi‑Fi Protected Access II

IEEE 802.11 → securityMechanism → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wi‑Fi Protected Access 3

Wi‑Fi Protected Access → shortName → Wi‑Fi Protected Access self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA

Wi‑Fi Protected Access → successor → Wi‑Fi Protected Access self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA2

Wired Equivalent Privacy → supersededBy → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA

Wired Equivalent Privacy → supersededBy → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA2

Wired Equivalent Privacy → supersededBy → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11i

IEEE 802.1X → usedIn → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA‑Enterprise

IEEE 802.1X → usedIn → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA2‑Enterprise

IEEE 802.1X → usedIn → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA3‑Enterprise

AES-GCM → usedInStandard → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11 wireless security

Advanced Encryption Standard → usedInStandard → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: IEEE 802.11i

Temporal Key Integrity Protocol → usedInStandard → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

Wi‑Fi → usesSecurityProtocol → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA

Wi‑Fi → usesSecurityProtocol → Wi‑Fi Protected Access ⓘ

this entity surface form: WPA3