1*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" 2*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Sam Leffler 3*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" All rights reserved. 4*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" 5*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 6*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 7*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" are met: 8*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 9*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 10*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 11*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 12*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 13*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" 14*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 15*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 16*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 17*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 18*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 19*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 20*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 21*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 22*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 23*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 24*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 25*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" 26*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/wlan_xauth.4,v 1.3 2005/01/13 11:09:58 ru Exp $ 27*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" $DragonFly: src/share/man/man4/wlan_xauth.4,v 1.1 2006/05/18 14:34:31 sephe Exp $ 28*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.\" 29*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Dd May 14, 2006 30*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Dt WLAN_XAUTH 4 31*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Os 32*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh NAME 33*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm wlan_xauth 34*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nd External authenticator support for 802.11 devices 35*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh SYNOPSIS 36*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Cd "device wlan_xauth" 37*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh DESCRIPTION 38*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauThe 39*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm 40*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehaumodule implements an authenticator plugin that is intended 41*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehaufor use with user-mode authentication implementations such 42*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehauas 43*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm hostapd . 44*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauIt hooks into the 802.11 layer and does nothing. 45*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauAs a result, 802.11 stations that associate are not authorized to 46*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehausend or receive frames until they are authorized by an external agent; 47*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehautypically using a protocol such as WPA, 802.1x, or 802.11i. 48*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauThe 49*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm 50*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehaumodule is an 802.11 authenticator plugin module for use by the 51*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Xr wlan 4 52*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehaumodule. 53*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauThis module is automatically loaded if an application configures 54*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehauan 802.11 device for operation as an AP with WPA or 802.1x authentication. 55*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh SEE ALSO 56*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Xr wlan 4 57*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh STANDARDS 58*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauMore information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and 802.11i Standards. 59*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Sh HISTORY 60*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa ZiehauThe 61*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Nm 62*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehaudriver first appeared in 63*4f6e3ad1SSepherosa Ziehau.Fx 6.0 . 64