Windows 10 19H1 with WPA3! In June, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced a new WI-FI encryption standard, WPA3. The new version of Wireless Protected Access is said to be resistant to brute-force attacks because it will block any authentication request after a series of failed attempts.
The new standard will also implement “forward secrecy,” which means that attackers who discover the WIFI password will not be able to decrypt the recorded traffic.
The standard also incorporates WI-FI Easy Connect, which will allow users to configure the WPA3 Wi-Fi options of a device that does not have a display, such as a smart switch or a smart toaster (IoT devices).
WPA3 is currently optional for devices that will be released, but at some point it will become mandatory.
It is currently not supported on Windows 10, but release of the Windows 10 19H1 SDK includes a new API which seems to indicate that support for the new standard is coming soon.
The new API states:
namespace Windows.Networking.Connectivity { public enum NetworkAuthenticationType { Wpa3 = 10, Wpa3Sae = 11, } }
WPA3 is the enterprise version, while WPA3 SAE is the consumer version with Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE), and will replace the pre-shared key (PSK) of WPA2-Personal.
WPA3 is interoperable with WPA2, so support will only be necessary for devices that take security very seriously.
However, wider adoption of the new standard will likely have to wait until early 2019 when it becomes available to all users of the “stable” version of Windows 10 19H1.
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