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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/hostapd')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.8 | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 | 3 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.8 b/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.8 index c0af54503f3..7363ebacfef 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.8 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: hostapd.8,v 1.11 2006/05/15 20:53:02 reyk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: hostapd.8,v 1.12 2006/05/15 21:09:49 reyk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -137,3 +137,10 @@ driver still uses its own Host AP code in .Fn if_wi_hostap , which is not supported by .Nm . +.Pp +The IEEE 802.11 WLAN protocol lacks authentication of management +frames and is vulnerable to various Denial-of-Service and +Man-in-the-Middle attacks. +That should be considered when implementing wireless networks +with +.Nm . diff --git a/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 b/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 index 0053f0e212d..d012beddd84 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 +++ b/usr.sbin/hostapd/hostapd.conf.5 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: hostapd.conf.5,v 1.31 2006/05/15 20:53:02 reyk Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: hostapd.conf.5,v 1.32 2006/05/15 21:09:49 reyk Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 Reyk Floeter <reyk@openbsd.org> .\" @@ -760,4 +760,3 @@ program was written by .Em IP Roaming requires statically assigned IP addresses of stations and does not support DHCP at present. - |