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| author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2012-03-18 23:37:09 +0000 |
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| committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2012-03-18 23:37:09 +0000 |
| commit | c29349cdfa98ef835ac8faad86a9e70f8b11a67f (patch) | |
| tree | 0148a098e6d2165780e1c1ed9cb672b94720d58a /sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | |
| parent | 09583de7196cd624981b6d906c0ae5dbcc08b447 (diff) | |
clarify the nwkey text; requested by Doug Fordham
ok jsg
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index ca3c7b82d0f..e348494f218 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.226 2012/02/02 12:34:37 benno Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.227 2012/03/18 23:37:08 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.11 1996/01/04 21:27:29 pk Exp $ .\" $FreeBSD: ifconfig.8,v 1.16 1998/02/01 07:03:29 steve Exp $ .\" @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)ifconfig.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: February 2 2012 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: March 18 2012 $ .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -940,8 +940,13 @@ If a set of keys is specified, a comma within the key must be escaped with a backslash. Note that if multiple keys are used, their order must be the same within the network. -The length of each key must be either 40 bits, i.e. a 5-character string or -10 hexadecimal digits or 104 bits (13-character). +.Pp +The length of each key must be either 40 bits for 64-bit encryption +(5-character ASCII string +or 10 hexadecimal digits) +or 104 bits for 128-bit encryption +(13-character ASCII string +or 26 hexadecimal digits). .It Fl nwkey Disable WEP encryption. .It Cm nwkey Cm persist |