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diff --git a/share/man/man4/an.4 b/share/man/man4/an.4
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: an.4,v 1.35 2008/04/17 14:01:22 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: an.4,v 1.36 2008/07/29 17:03:35 jmc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
.\" Bill Paul <wpaul@ee.columbia.edu>. All rights reserved.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/an.4,v 1.5 2000/03/02 14:53:45 sheldonh Exp $
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: April 17 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 29 2008 $
.Dt AN 4
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -105,16 +105,14 @@ capture packets from networks which it wouldn't normally have access to,
or to scan for access points.
.El
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+The
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-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.
+driver can be configured to use hardware
+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
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