Which protocol is known as Wi-Fi Protected Access?

Wi-Fi Protected Access is recognized as WPA, which was developed to address the vulnerabilities found in the earlier WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) protocol. WPA introduced stronger data encryption through TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) and improved security measures to protect wireless networks more effectively than WEP.

It's important to note that while WPA was an improvement over WEP, WPA2 later became the standard as it introduced even stronger encryption methods, specifically using AES (Advanced Encryption Standard). However, the specific question asks for the name associated with Wi-Fi Protected Access, which is WPA.

Protocol 802.1X is related to network access control rather than directly being labeled as Wi-Fi Protected Access, as it can be used with both WPA and WPA2. Therefore, the name that directly signifies Wi-Fi Protected Access is WPA.