{"id":136317,"date":"2026-07-19T09:38:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webdomino.net\/?guid=af571617783af640abd3ccb1a909d733"},"modified":"2026-07-19T09:38:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:38:51","slug":"wpa3-support-coming-to-openbsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/webdomino.net\/index.php\/openbsd\/wpa3-support-coming-to-openbsd\/","title":{"rendered":"WPA3 support coming to OpenBSD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbsd.org\/\">OpenBSD<\/a><\/em> is moving closer to adding <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wi-Fi_Protected_Access\"><abbr>WPA3<\/abbr><\/a> support.\r\n<p>\r\nStefan Sperling (<code>stsp@<\/code>) posted a message with the subject\r\n<i><a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-tech&m=178437520390575&w=2\">add <abbr>WPA3<\/abbr> support<\/a><\/i>\r\nto the <code>tech<\/code> mailling list with a patch that implements <abbr>WPA3<\/abbr> in OpenBSD's <code>net80211<\/code> subsystem including <code><a href=\"https:\/\/man.openbsd.org\/ifconfig\">ifconfig(8)<\/a><\/code>, asking for testing and feedback. \r\n<\/p><p>\r\nHe also noted that this effort is <a href=\"https:\/\/nlnet.nl\/project\/OpenBSD-wifi-WPA3\/\">supported<\/a> by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nlnet.nl\/\">NLNet Foundaton<\/a> (as noted in an earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/undeadly.org\/cgi?action=article;sid=20251017070142\">article<\/a>).\r\n<\/p><p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/marc.info\/?l=openbsd-tech&m=178437520390575&w=2\">message<\/a> reads,\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<pre>\r\nList:       openbsd-tech\r\nSubject:    add <abbr>WPA3<\/abbr> support\r\nFrom:       Stefan Sperling &lt;stsp () stsp ! name&gt;\r\nDate:       2026-07-18 11:40:08\r\nMessage-ID: altmGGN9mVtJ1Eqd () yumyan ! stsp ! name\r\n\r\nThe patch below adds support for <abbr>WPA3<\/abbr> to the net80211 subsystem.\r\n\r\nThis effort is supported by the NLnet Foundation's NGI0 Commons Fund.\r\nWithout such support, I would not have been able to invest the time\r\nrequired to work on this. 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