Which of the following is the most fundamental cryptographic primitive used by WPA3 in a wireless network? (Wentz QOTD)
A. Rijndael
B. Galois/Counter Mode
C. Counter Mode CBC-MAC Protocol (CCMP)
D. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)
Kindly be reminded that the suggested answer is for your reference only. It doesn’t matter whether you have the right or wrong answer. What really matters is your reasoning process and justifications.
My suggested answer is A. Rijndael.
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Cryptographic primitives are well-established, low-level cryptographic algorithms that are frequently used to build cryptographic protocols for computer security systems.
Source: Wikipedia
WPA3 uses AES as the cipher to encrypt messages (in GCM mode) and calculate message authentication code (in Galois MAC). AES standardizes the usage of the Rijndael algorithm. As a result, Rijndael is the most fundamental cryptographic primitive used by WPA3.
Reference
- Cryptographic primitive
- AES Proposal: The Rijndael Block Cipher, by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen
- Advanced Encryption Standard
- CCMP (cryptography)
- Galois/Counter Mode
- Discover Wi-Fi: Security
- Next-Gen Wi-Fi Security – WPA3 Explained
- WPA3, OWE and DPP | Hemant Chaskar | WLPC Phoenix 2019
- Hacking WPA3 with Mathy Vanhoef & Retia
- What’s new in Wi-Fi® security?
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3™ December 2020 update brings new protections against active attacks: Operating Channel Validation and Beacon Protection
- Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3™ December 2020 update brings new protections against active attacks: SAE Public Key and Transition Disable
以下哪個是 WPA3 在無線網路中使用的最基礎的加密原語(cryptographic primitive)？ (Wentz QOTD)
A. Rijndael
B. 伽羅華/計數器模式 (GCM)
C. 計數器模式 CBC-MAC 協議 (CCMP)
D. 高級加密標準 (AES)