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# NEHotspotNetworkSecurityType

An enumeration of constants that define Wi-Fi hotspot network security types.

```
enum NEHotspotNetworkSecurityType
```

## Topics

### Security types

[`NEHotspotNetworkSecurityTypeOpen`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEHotspotNetworkSecurityType/open)

A security type to represent an open network with no security protocol.

[`NEHotspotNetworkSecurityTypeWEP`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEHotspotNetworkSecurityType/WEP)

A security type to represent use of Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP).

[`NEHotspotNetworkSecurityTypePersonal`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEHotspotNetworkSecurityType/personal)

A security type to represent use of Wi-Fi protected access (WPA), WPA2, and WPA3 standards using a pre-shared secret.

[`NEHotspotNetworkSecurityTypeEnterprise`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEHotspotNetworkSecurityType/enterprise)

A security type to represent use of Wi-Fi protected access (WPA), WPA2, and WPA3 standards using enterprise-level seciurity.

[`NEHotspotNetworkSecurityTypeUnknown`](/documentation/NetworkExtension/NEHotspotNetworkSecurityType/unknown)

A value that represents an unknown security type.

## Relationships

### Conforms To

[`Equatable`](/documentation/Swift/Equatable)

[`SendableMetatype`](/documentation/Swift/SendableMetatype)

[`Hashable`](/documentation/Swift/Hashable)

[`Sendable`](/documentation/Swift/Sendable)

[`RawRepresentable`](/documentation/Swift/RawRepresentable)

[`BitwiseCopyable`](/documentation/Swift/BitwiseCopyable)

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