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RFC 9672: Transferring Opportunistic Wireless Encryption to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group

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RFC 8110 describes Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE), a mode that allows unauthenticated clients to connect to a network using encrypted traffic. This document transfers the ongoing maintenance and further development of the protocol to the IEEE 802.11 Working Group. This document updates RFC 8110 by noting that future work on the protocol described therein will occur in the IEEE 802.11 Working Group.

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Document ID
RFC9672
Published
December 2024
Authors
W. Kumari; D. Harkins
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
—
Pages
4
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Updates:
RFC 8110

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