Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA
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Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA is an early Wi‑Fi Alliance security certification standard that introduced stronger wireless network protection than the original WEP protocol.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Wi‑Fi Alliance certification program
ⓘ
Wi‑Fi security certification ⓘ network security standard ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Wi‑Fi Protected Access NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | IEEE 802.11 wireless networks NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authenticationMethod |
802.1X
ⓘ
pre‑shared key ⓘ |
| basedOn | draft IEEE 802.11i mechanisms ⓘ |
| category |
computer security standard
ⓘ
wireless communication standard ⓘ |
| certifies |
Wi‑Fi access points
ⓘ
Wi‑Fi client devices ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | legacy WEP hardware via firmware upgrades ⓘ |
| developer | Wi‑Fi Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| domain | wireless network security ⓘ |
| encryptionAlgorithm |
RC4
ⓘ
TKIP ⓘ |
| feature |
improved key management over WEP
ⓘ
message integrity check ⓘ per‑packet key mixing ⓘ |
| focus | backward compatibility with existing hardware ⓘ |
| follows | WEP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal | stronger wireless network protection than WEP ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
WPA-Enterprise
ⓘ
WPA-Personal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| improvesOn |
encryption weaknesses of WEP
ⓘ
key reuse issues in WEP ⓘ |
| introduced | early 2000s ⓘ |
| marketedAs | interim solution before WPA2 ⓘ |
| organization | Wi‑Fi Alliance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED security program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects |
confidentiality of Wi‑Fi traffic
ⓘ
integrity of Wi‑Fi traffic ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaces | WEP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | support for TKIP ⓘ |
| scope |
Wi‑Fi enterprise networks
ⓘ
Wi‑Fi home networks ⓘ |
| securityLevelComparedToWEP | stronger ⓘ |
| standardizes | interoperable implementation of WPA ⓘ |
| successor | Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use | Temporal Key Integrity Protocol NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesKeyManagement |
dynamic key generation
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per‑session keys ⓘ |
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