QuestionQ87

WLAN

What does WPA3-Personal use as the source for generating a different Pairwise Master Key (PMK) whenever a station connects to the wireless network?

  • A Session-specific information (MACs and nonces)
  • B Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE)
  • C Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE)
  • D Key Encryption Key (KEK)
Explanation

WPA3-Personal uses Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE), a password-authenticated key exchange that creates a distinct shared secret for every SAE authentication and derives the PMK from it. This prevents a static passphrase from directly producing the same PMK for each connection.

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