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 9.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13.\" 14.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 15.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 16.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 17.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25.\" 26.\" $FreeBSD$ 27.\" 28.Dd December 7, 2004 29.Dt WLAN_XAUTH 4 30.Os 31.Sh NAME 32.Nm wlan_xauth 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 42.Nm hostapd . 43It hooks into the 802.11 layer and does nothing. 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. 47The 48.Nm 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 . 63