document wep;

tweaks/ok dlg@

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man4/atu.4 b/share/man/man4/atu.4
index e17d75163f6..ee22a7935b8 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/atu.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/atu.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: atu.4,v 1.12 2005/02/25 10:41:07 dlg Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: atu.4,v 1.13 2005/02/26 09:17:06 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
 .\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ The
 .Nm
 driver supports IEEE standardised IBSS operation.
 .Pp
+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 128-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.
+.Pp
 The following devices are known to be supported by the
 .Nm
 driver: