[Cryptography] Wi-Fi WPA3 announced

Natanael natanael.l at gmail.com
Wed Jun 27 13:09:34 EDT 2018


Official:
https://www.wi-fi.org/news-events/newsroom/wi-fi-alliance-introduces-wi-fi-certified-wpa3-security

More:
https://www.wi-fi.org/beacon/dan-harkins/wi-fi-certified-enhanced-open-transparent-wi-fi-protections-without-complexity

>From some of the designers:
http://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Technology-Blog/WPA3-The-Next-Generation-in-Secure-Mobility/ba-p/410832

Independent commentary:
https://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2018/03/wpa3-technical-details.html

https://www.mathyvanhoef.com/2018/06/wpa3-missed-opportunity.html

Other discussions:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17402274

https://www.reddit.com/r/crypto/comments/8ub9lk

Notable new features:

Encrypted open wifi networks. Resistance to dictionary attacks against
passwords. Protected management frames are mandatory (better resistance
against abusive peers).

Possible downsides: Dragonfly is the primitive behind the authentication
protocol, and it's gotten a fair bit of criticism - primarily for very poor
sidechannel resistance.
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