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New standard in WiFi network security - WPA3
Added: 08.12.2023,
Updated: 12.12.2023,
New standard in WiFi network security - WPA3 - XOXO WiFi
The WPA and WPA2 standards became notorious a few months ago, when the electronics and IT world was in an uproar over the attack on WiFi network security via KRACK. This mysterious name was a vulnerability in the previously mentioned standards that allowed hackers (after certain conditions were met) to peep into the network activity of any wireless user. Although KRACK required very specific preferences to successfully bypass security, so the news certainly alarmed most IT or telecommunications-related professionals.
For this reason, the Wi-Fi Alliance (an association of more than 300 major companies specializing in computer hardware or software; among them Apple, Microsoft and Inter) announced at this year's CES in Las Vegas the creation of a revolutionary new WiFi security standard. The existing WPA2 standard has served for 14 years, which, in the technological calendar, is a very long interval. The new security features are expected to be in place in just a few months, as their operation is already officially confirmed and all that is needed is to implement them.
Among other things, WPA3 offers additional protection for so-called weak passwords (those that are very easy to crack - consisting only of lowercase letters, no numbers or punctuation marks, and short in length). Between each device and a router or other access point, the standard is to further encrypt the connections between them. WPA3 will also be a big support for IoT devices, as it will allow remote configuration of equipment with limited (or no) interfaces. An important note regarding the announced changes to WiFi network protection will be protection against so-called "brute force," i.e. attempts to break security by trial and error. Any such attempt will block the WiFi authentication process. The last additional feature of WPA3 will be an improved cryptographic standard identified at the show as a 192-bit security suite, linked to CNSA.
According to assurances from the Wi-Fi Alliance, WPA2 is expected to continue to be supported and developed to the point that no user of the now old security system should experience KRACK-related problems. However, the changes offered by WPA3 should prompt WiFi-based equipment manufacturers to implement the standard in their devices as soon as possible. The announcements show that these changes could start a real revolution in modern technology
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