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author | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-07-29 17:03:36 +0000 |
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committer | Jason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2008-07-29 17:03:36 +0000 |
commit | 81b1f09d1719de6b92cbf326f820093887979231 (patch) | |
tree | dfce998cf704b9bdf0ea4d9cea2ec246c2ec3b19 /share/man/man4/rtw.4 | |
parent | 74b492306b6767e3343b6ed978b93b83ada89a38 (diff) |
tweak the wep section somewhat, to bring it into line with what
we say for those devices which support wpa;
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/rtw.4')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/rtw.4 | 20 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/rtw.4 b/share/man/man4/rtw.4 index 53a27988c5a..0206d5b906c 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/rtw.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/rtw.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: rtw.4,v 1.32 2008/06/20 06:33:31 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: rtw.4,v 1.33 2008/07/29 17:03:35 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004 Jonathan Gray <jsg@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 20 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 29 2008 $ .Dt RTW 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -62,16 +62,14 @@ capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to, or to scan for access points. .El .Pp +The .Nm -supports software WEP. -Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the de facto encryption standard -for wireless networks. -It can be typically configured in one of three modes: -no encryption; 40-bit encryption; or 104-bit encryption. -Unfortunately, due to serious weaknesses in WEP protocol -it is strongly recommended that it not be used as the -sole mechanism to secure wireless communication. -WEP is not enabled by default. +driver can be configured to use software +Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP). +It is strongly recommended that WEP +not be used as the sole mechanism +to secure wireless communication, +due to serious weaknesses in it. .Pp The .Nm |