Opportunistic Wireless Encryption
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Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) is a Wi-Fi standard which ensures that the communication between each pair of endpoints is protected from other endpoints. Unlike conventional Wi-Fi, it provides "Individualized Data Protection" such that data traffic between a client and access point is "individualized". Other clients can still sniff and record this traffic, but they can't decrypt it.
OWE is an extension to IEEE 802.11.[1] it is an encryption technique similar to that of Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) and is specified by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in RFC 8110 with devices certified as Wi-Fi Certified Enhanced Open by the Wi-Fi Alliance.[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ Chen, Dave (December 4, 2018). "Opportunistic Wireless Encryption…Um, What's That Again?". https://www.networkworld.com/article/966750/opportunistic-wireless-encryption-um-what-s-that-again.html.
- ↑ "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Enhanced Open™: Transparent Wi-Fi® protections without complexity | Wi-Fi Alliance". https://www.wi-fi.org/beacon/dan-harkins/wi-fi-certified-enhanced-open-transparent-wi-fi-protections-without-complexity.
- ↑ "WPA3: How and why the Wi-Fi standard matters". August 8, 2018. https://www.hpe.com/us/en/insights/articles/wpa3-how-and-why-the-wi-fi-standard-matters-1808.html.
Further reading
- "File Download | Wi-Fi Alliance". https://www.wi-fi.org/downloads-registered-guest/Opportunistic_Wireless_Encryption_Specification_v1.0_0.pdf/35331.
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