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32.Dd June 13, 2025
33.Dt WLAN_GCMP 4
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm wlan_gcmp
37.Nd AES-GCMP crypto support for 802.11 devices
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Cd "device wlan_gcmp"
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Nm
43module handles the
44.Em Galois/Counter Mode Protocol
45cryptographic requirements of the IEEE 802.11ad and WPA2/WPA3 protocols.
46It does encapsulation and decapsulation of GCMP-encoded 802.11 frames
47and optionally calculates the AES-GCMP cipher.
48The
49.Nm
50module is an 802.11 cryptographic plugin module for use by the
51.Xr wlan 4
52module.
53This module is automatically loaded if an AES-GCMP key is configured;
54typically by a WPA supplicant program such as wpa_supplicant,
55or a WPA authenticator program such as
56.Nm hostapd .
57Should the underlying network device not be capable of doing the AES-GCMP
58calculations in hardware, the
59.Nm
60module will do the work.
61.Sh SEE ALSO
62.Xr wlan 4 ,
63.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
64.Xr wlan_tkip 4 ,
65.Xr wlan_wep 4
66.Sh STANDARDS
67More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, and WPA Standards.
68.Sh HISTORY
69The
70.Nm
71driver first appeared in
72.Fx 15.0 .
73