WPA3 Personal uses the Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE) protocol with PMF required, replacing WPA2 Personal with Pre-shared Key (PSK). WPA3 SAE provides more reliable password-based authentication and is resistant to offline dictionary attacks. In Wi-Fi 7, SAE authentication must use the Hash-to-Element (H2E) method to obtain the Password Element (PWE) from passwords. Wi-Fi 7 devices cannot use Hunting and Pecking (HnP) for SAE.
Wi-Fi 7 connections will use FT SAE, utilizing a group-dependent hash 00-0F-AC:25 (FT SAE-EXT) or SAE Authentication using group-dependent hash 00-0F-AC:24 (SAE-EXT).
