Which enhancements were introduced in WPA3?
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Correct answer: Forward secrecy and SAE in personal mode for secure initial key exchange.
Why this is the answer
WPA3 introduced significant security enhancements, primarily focusing on more robust key exchange and protection against dictionary attacks. The correct answer highlights two key features: Forward Secrecy and Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) in personal mode. Forward secrecy ensures that if a long-term key is compromised, past session keys remain secure, preventing retrospective decryption of traffic. SAE, also known as Dragonfly, replaces the vulnerable Pre-Shared Key (PSK) exchange in WPA2-Personal, making it much harder for attackers to guess passwords through offline dictionary attacks. The other options are incorrect because: 802.1x authentication and AES-128 encryption were features of WPA2 Enterprise, not new to WPA3. AES-64 is not a standard encryption size used in WPA3; WPA3 primarily uses AES-128 and AES-256. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) was an interim solution for WPA to improve upon WEP and is considered insecure; WPA3 deprecates it entirely.
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