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authorJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2011-10-22 20:05:55 +0000
committerJason McIntyre <jmc@cvs.openbsd.org>2011-10-22 20:05:55 +0000
commitfd621ab58eb4ed3dd30352153c44522bcb1d54c6 (patch)
tree596a6386b140f5d429f492808d75f7dfd442c1e5 /share/man/man4/uath.4
parent157926058d8970928aa561e8be312164ad5ca56b (diff)
sync the WEP text (with other WPA texts); based on a diff from Pablo Caballero
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/uath.4 b/share/man/man4/uath.4
index b933db72258..a34cca975e9 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/uath.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/uath.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: uath.4,v 1.24 2011/09/03 22:59:08 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: uath.4,v 1.25 2011/10/22 20:05:54 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2006
.\" Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini@free.fr>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: September 3 2011 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: October 22 2011 $
.Dt UATH 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -61,14 +61,12 @@ or to scan for access points.
.Pp
.Nm
supports hardware 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.
+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