| wlan_xauth.4 (7c8c014aadb7d72280a9d47646e623c135bea01f) | wlan_xauth.4 (b19e4a752d004564635985db1267deb768e9e5fe) |
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| 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Sam Leffler 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 24 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 33.Nd External authenticator support for 802.11 devices 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Cd "device wlan_xauth" 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37The 38.Nm 39module implements an authenticator plugin that is intended 40for use with user-mode authentication implementations such | 1.\" 2.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Sam Leffler 3.\" All rights reserved. 4.\" 5.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7.\" are met: 8.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright --- 24 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 33.Nd External authenticator support for 802.11 devices 34.Sh SYNOPSIS 35.Cd "device wlan_xauth" 36.Sh DESCRIPTION 37The 38.Nm 39module implements an authenticator plugin that is intended 40for use with user-mode authentication implementations such |
| 41as hostapd. 42The 43.Nm 44hooks into the 802.11 layer and does nothing. | 41as 42.Nm hostapd . 43It hooks into the 802.11 layer and does nothing. |
| 45As a result, 802.11 stations that associate are not authorized to 46send or receive frames until they are authorized by an external agent; 47typically using a protocol such as WPA, 802.1x, or 802.11i. | 44As a result, 802.11 stations that associate are not authorized to 45send or receive frames until they are authorized by an external agent; 46typically using a protocol such as WPA, 802.1x, or 802.11i. |
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| 49is an 802.11 authenticator plugin module for use by the | 49module is an 802.11 authenticator plugin module for use by the |
| 50.Xr wlan 4 51module. 52This module is automatically loaded if an application configures 53an 802.11 device for operation as an AP with WPA or 802.1x authentication. 54.Sh SEE ALSO 55.Xr wlan 4 56.Sh STANDARDS 57More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and 802.11i Standards. 58.Sh HISTORY 59The 60.Nm 61driver first appeared in 62.Fx 6.0 . | 50.Xr wlan 4 51module. 52This module is automatically loaded if an application configures 53an 802.11 device for operation as an AP with WPA or 802.1x authentication. 54.Sh SEE ALSO 55.Xr wlan 4 56.Sh STANDARDS 57More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and 802.11i Standards. 58.Sh HISTORY 59The 60.Nm 61driver first appeared in 62.Fx 6.0 . |