Module wpa

IEEE Std 802.11-2016 WPA descriptors and credentials.

This module describes WPA security protocols. Its primary API is composed of the WpaDescriptor and WpaAuthenticator types.

WPA is more complex than WEP and several versions and authentication suites are provided. Types in this module fall into two broad categories: specific and general. The general types provide representations of WPA primitives regardless of version and suite, and provide more ergonomic APIs. An example of a general type is Cipher. General types are exposed by specific types, which diverge across versions and suites and have no invalid representations. An example of a specific type is Wpa3Cipher.

Note that SecurityDescriptor and SecurityAuthenticator are always valid specifications of security protocols and authentication. When interacting with WPA, it is typically enough to use functions like WpaAuthenticator::to_credentials and WpaDescriptor::cipher. While the types returned from these functions are general, they are derived from a valid security protocol specification.

Modules

credential

Enums

Authentication

WPA authentication suite.

AuthenticatorData

Defines the credential data used by WpaAuthenticator.

Cipher

General WPA cipher.

EnterpriseCredentials

General WPA Enterprise credentials.

PersonalCredentials

General WPA Personal credentials.

Wpa

General description of WPA and its authentication.

Wpa1Credentials

Wpa2Cipher

WPA2 cipher.

Wpa2PersonalCredentials

Wpa3Cipher

WPA3 cipher.

Wpa3PersonalCredentials

WpaError

Type Aliases

AuthenticationDescriptor

Credentials

General WPA credentials.

WpaAuthenticator

WPA authenticator.

WpaDescriptor

WPA descriptor.