PQ 149: WPA3 And Wireless Security Improvements




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Summary: In January 2018, the WiFi Alliance <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wi-fi.org/news-events/newsroom/wi-fi-alliance-introduces-security-enhancements" rel="noopener">announced that WPA3 was coming</a> this year, a collection of security enhancements to address issues with WPA2.<br> Today, we discuss WPA3 with Dan Harkins, a scientist at Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company. Dan has been closely involved with WPA3’s development, and I heard Dan present on his work at Aruba Atmosphere 2018 in March of this year.<br> Dan was kind enough to join us today for a preview of what’s coming, with a special focus on one aspect of WPA3 that interests me personally, Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE).<br> We also discuss the fixes that WPA3 makes to WPA2, and when we can anticipate product support.<br> Sponsor: Paessler AG<br> Paessler AG is the maker of PRTG Network Monitor. PRTG monitors your whole IT infrastructure 24/7 and alerts you to problems before users even notice. Find out more about the monitoring software that helps system administrators work smarter, faster, better. Visit <a target="_blank" href="http://paessler.com" rel="noopener">paessler.com</a> today.<br> Show Links:<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.wi-fi.org/news-events/newsroom/wi-fi-alliance-introduces-security-enhancements" rel="noopener">Wi-Fi Alliance® introduces security enhancements</a> – Wi-Fi Alliance<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8110" rel="noopener">Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (RFC 8110)</a> – IETF<br> <a target="_blank" href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7664" rel="noopener">Dragonfly Key Exchange (RFC 7664)</a> – IETF<br>