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authorimp <imp@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-12 06:59:04 +0000
committerimp <imp@FreeBSD.org>2002-08-12 06:59:04 +0000
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Warn that hex keys are the most portable.
Submitted by: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> Pr: 40872
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8
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+++ b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8
@@ -314,7 +314,11 @@ which means the key can be specified as either a 13 character text
string or 26 hex digits in addition to the formats supported by the
Silver cards.
.Pp
-Note: Both 128-bit and 64-bit WEP have been broken.
+For maximum portability, hex keys are recommended;
+the mapping of text keys to WEP encryption is usually driver-specific.
+In particular, the Windows drivers do this mapping differently to FreeBSD.
+.Pp
+Note: Both 128-bit and 64-bit WEP encryption have been broken.
See the
.Sx BUGS
section for details.
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