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diff --git a/share/man/man4/atw.4 b/share/man/man4/atw.4 index cce4155727b..bd91b053899 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/atw.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/atw.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: atw.4,v 1.27 2008/05/23 17:00:52 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: atw.4,v 1.28 2008/07/29 17:03:35 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: atw.4,v 1.8 2004/06/06 04:05:49 wiz Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2003 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF .\" THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 23 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 29 2008 $ .Dt ATW 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -88,18 +88,17 @@ Stations associate with a service set. However, actual connections between stations are peer-to-peer. .El .Pp +The .Nm -supports hardware WEP (though see -.Sx BUGS +driver can be configured to use hardware +Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) +(though see +.Sx BUGS , below). -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 |