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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 b/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 index c1e4910..260b393 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/wicontrol/wicontrol.8 +++ 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. |
