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26*edc376abSSascha Wildner.\" $FreeBSD: head/share/man/man4/wlan_xauth.4 178354 2008-04-20 20:35:46Z sam $
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28fe3d6ebeSSascha Wildner.Dd April 14, 2010
294f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Dt WLAN_XAUTH 4
304f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Os
314f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh NAME
324f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm wlan_xauth
334f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nd External authenticator support for 802.11 devices
344f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh SYNOPSIS
354f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Cd "device wlan_xauth"
364f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh DESCRIPTION
374f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauThe
384f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm
39fe3d6ebeSSascha Wildnermodule is a
40fe3d6ebeSSascha Wildner.Xr wlan 4
41fe3d6ebeSSascha Wildnerauthenticator plugin
424f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehaufor use with user-mode authentication implementations such
434f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehauas
444f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm hostapd .
454f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauIt hooks into the 802.11 layer and does nothing.
464f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauAs a result, 802.11 stations that associate are not authorized to
474f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehausend or receive frames until they are authorized by an external agent;
484f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehautypically using a protocol such as WPA, 802.1x, or 802.11i.
49fe3d6ebeSSascha Wildner.\".Pp
50fe3d6ebeSSascha Wildner.\"This module is automatically loaded by the rc script that normally
51fe3d6ebeSSascha Wildner.\"starts
52fe3d6ebeSSascha Wildner.\".Xr hostapd 8 .
534f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh SEE ALSO
544f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Xr wlan 4
554f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh STANDARDS
564f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauMore information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and 802.11i Standards.
574f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh HISTORY
584f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauThe
594f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm
604f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehaudriver first appeared in
614f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Fx 6.0 .
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