svn commit: r218892 - head/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant
Warner Losh
imp at FreeBSD.org
Sun Feb 20 17:54:49 UTC 2011
Author: imp
Date: Sun Feb 20 17:54:49 2011
New Revision: 218892
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/218892
Log:
Add notes about ASCII/Hex WEP keys
Modified:
head/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.5
Modified: head/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.5
==============================================================================
--- head/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.5 Sun Feb 20 17:28:58 2011 (r218891)
+++ head/usr.sbin/wpa/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf.5 Sun Feb 20 17:54:49 2011 (r218892)
@@ -424,6 +424,16 @@ Enable/disable EAP workarounds for vario
with misbehaving authentication servers.
By default these workarounds are enabled.
Strict EAP conformance can be configured by setting this to 0.
+.It Va wep_tx_keyidx
+which key to use for transmission of packets.
+.It Va wep_keyN key
+An
+.Tn ASCII
+string enclosed in quotation marks to encode the WEP key.
+Without quotes this is a hex string of the actual key.
+WEP is considered insecure and should be avoided.
+The exact translation from an ASCII key to a hex key varies.
+Use hex keys where possible.
.El
.Sh CERTIFICATES
Some EAP authentication methods require use of certificates.
@@ -540,7 +550,10 @@ network={
scan_ssid=1
key_mgmt=NONE
wep_tx_keyidx=0
+ # hex keys denoted without quotes
wep_key0=42FEEDDEAFBABEDEAFBEEFAA55
+ # ASCII keys denoted with quotes.
+ wep_key1="FreeBSDr0cks!"
}
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
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