WAPI (Authentification LAN sans fil et infrastructure de confidentialité)

WAPI (Wireless LAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure) is a security protocol and a mandatory standard for WLAN security in China, which was firstly proposed by the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Network Theory and Key Technology of Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology. It was first proposed by the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Network Theory and Key Technology of Xi’an Electronic Technology University. [1]

WAPI is a kind of wireless transmission protocol like infrared, Bluetooth, GPRS, CDMA1X, etc. It is different from them in that it is a kind of transmission protocol in wireless local area network (WLAN), which is in the same field of technology with 802.11 transmission protocol. [2]

Chinese name Wireless LAN Authentication and Secrecy Infrastructure

Foreign name Wireless LAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure

Nature Security Protocol

Standard China Wireless LAN Security Mandatory Standard

Abbreviation WAPI

Proposed by State Key Laboratory of Integrated Service Network Theory and Key Technology, Xi’an University of Electronic Science and Technology (XUET)

WAPI, a network security protocol launched to fight against wifi, originally wapi by its own security, is able to grab the market share of WIFI, but WAPI failed, and the reason for the failure, is completely their own death. And WAPI never thought to publicize WAPI, so even in 2018, WAPI’s market share and popularity are surprisingly low.