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.Dd December 7, 2004 27.Dt WLAN_XAUTH 4 28.Os 29.Sh NAME 30.Nm wlan_xauth 31.Nd External authenticator support for 802.11 devices 32.Sh SYNOPSIS 33.Cd "device wlan_xauth" 34.Sh DESCRIPTION 35The 36.Nm 37module is a 38.Xr wlan 4 39authenticator plugin 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. 47.Pp 48This module is automatically loaded by the rc script that normally 49starts 50.Xr hostapd 8 . 51.Sh SEE ALSO 52.Xr wlan 4 53.Sh STANDARDS 54More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and 802.11i Standards. 55.Sh HISTORY 56The 57.Nm 58driver first appeared in 59.Fx 6.0 . 60