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+++ b/share/man/man4/upgt.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: upgt.4,v 1.6 2008/04/17 14:01:22 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: upgt.4,v 1.7 2008/07/28 20:10:28 damien Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2007 Marcus Glocker <mglocker@openbsd.org>
.\" Copyright (c) 2005-2007
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
.\" OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: April 17 2008 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: July 28 2008 $
.Os
.Dt UPGT 4
.Sh NAME
@@ -93,20 +93,13 @@ 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.
-.\".Pp
-.\"The transmit speed is user-selectable or can be adapted automatically by the
-.\"driver depending on the received signal strength and on the number of hardware
-.\"transmission retries.
+driver can be configured to use the WEP, WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK protocols.
+The
+.Nm
+driver relies on the software 802.11 stack for both encryption and decryption
+of data frames.
.Pp
The
.Nm
@@ -170,16 +163,19 @@ dhcp NONE NONE NONE nwkey 0x1deadbeef1 chan 11
.\" mediaopt hostap nwid my_net chan 11
.Ed
.Pp
-Configure upgt0 for WEP, using hex key
-.Dq 0x1deadbeef1 :
+Configure upgt0 to join network
+.Dq my_net
+using WPA-PSK with passphrase
+.Dq my_passphrase :
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-# ifconfig upgt0 nwkey 0x1deadbeef1
+# _psk=$(wpa-psk my_net my_passphrase)
+# ifconfig upgt0 nwid my_net wpa wpapsk ${_psk}
.Ed
.Pp
Return upgt0 to its default settings:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
# ifconfig upgt0 -bssid -chan media autoselect \e
- nwid "" -nwkey
+ nwid "" -nwkey -wpa -wpapsk
.Ed
.Pp
Join an existing BSS network,
@@ -195,7 +191,8 @@ Join an existing BSS network,
.Xr usb 4 ,
.Xr hostname.if 5 ,
.\".Xr hostapd 8 ,
-.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
+.Xr wpa-psk 8
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm