WPA23

WPA23 is not an officially published or ratified standard in the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) family. As of 2024, the recognized WPA generations are WPA, WPA2, and WPA3, developed and promoted by the Wi‑Fi Alliance. The term “WPA23” occasionally appears in marketing materials, online discussions, or rumors, but it has no formal specification or widely adopted interoperability profile.

Possible explanations for the term include a simple typographical error for WPA2 or WPA3, a proposed future revision that has not been formalized, or vendor-specific branding that does not correspond to a standardized protocol. Because it lacks an official specification, there is no publicly defined security baseline associated with WPA23, and devices labeled as such may not interoperate with standard WPA2 or WPA3 equipment.

In practice, claims of a WPA23 implementation should be approached with skepticism. Users and organizations typically rely on standardized WPA2 or WPA3 configurations to ensure known security properties, such as robust password-based authentication, improved encryption, and protection mechanisms. Without a governing standard, the security guarantees of any so‑called WPA23 feature set are unclear and could vary between products.

See also: Wi-Fi Protected Access, WPA, WPA2, WPA3, Wi‑Fi Alliance, 802.11 security mechanisms.