FreeBSD Bugzilla – Attachment 23822 Details for
Bug 40872
[PATCH] document potential WEP text key incompatabilities
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diffs (text/plain), 1.53 KB, created by
Gregory Bond
on 2002-07-22 06:30:01 UTC
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>Index: sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 >=================================================================== >RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v >retrieving revision 1.27.2.19 >diff -u -r1.27.2.19 ifconfig.8 >--- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 14 May 2002 17:42:38 -0000 1.27.2.19 >+++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 22 Jul 2002 05:15:41 -0000 >@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ > It may be specified either as a plain > string or as a string of hexadecimal digits proceeded by > .Ql 0x . >+For maximum portability, hex keys are recommended; >+the mapping of text keys to WEP encryption is usually driver-specific. >+In particular, the Windows drivers do this mapping differently to FreeBSD. > A key may be cleared by setting it to > .Ql - . > If WEP is supported then there are at least four keys. >Index: usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 >=================================================================== >RCS file: /usr/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8,v >retrieving revision 1.14.2.9 >diff -u -r1.14.2.9 wicontrol.8 >--- usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 5 Jun 2002 20:26:10 -0000 1.14.2.9 >+++ usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 22 Jul 2002 05:14:03 -0000 >@@ -274,6 +274,9 @@ > .Dq Li hello ) > or a series of hexadecimal digits (i.e.\& > .Dq Li 0x1234512345 ) . >+For maximum portability, hex keys are recommended; >+the mapping of text keys to WEP encryption is usually driver-specific. >+In particular, the Windows drivers do this mapping differently to FreeBSD. > For > WaveLAN Turbo Silver cards, the key is restricted to 40 bits, hence > the key can be either a 5 character text string or 10 hex digits.
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