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26.Dd December 7, 2004
27.Dt WLAN_TKIP 4
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm wlan_tkip
31.Nd TKIP and Michael crypto support for 802.11 devices
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Cd "device wlan_tkip"
34.Sh DESCRIPTION
35The
36.Nm
37module handles the TKIP and Michael cryptographic requirements of the
38WPA and 802.11i protocols.
39It does encapsulation and decapsulation of TKIP-encoded 802.11 frames
40and optionally calculates the TKIP cipher and Michael MIC.
41The
42.Nm
43module is an 802.11 cryptographic plugin module for use by the
44.Xr wlan 4
45module.
46This module is automatically loaded if a TKIP key is configured;
47typically by a WPA supplicant program such as wpa_supplicant,
48or a WPA authenticator program such as
49.Nm hostapd .
50Should the underlying network device not be capable of doing the TKIP
51and/or Michael calculations in hardware, the
52.Nm
53module will do the work.
54.Sh SEE ALSO
55.Xr wlan 4 ,
56.Xr wlan_ccmp 4 ,
57.Xr wlan_wep 4
58.Sh STANDARDS
59More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and 802.11i Standards.
60.Sh HISTORY
61The
62.Nm
63driver first appeared in
64.Fx 6.0 .
65