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IEEE80211_CRYPTO(9)	     OpenBSD Kernel Manual	   IEEE80211_CRYPTO(9)

NAME
     ieee80211_crypto_attach, ieee80211_crypto_detach, ieee80211_wep_crypt -
     802.11 WEP encryption functions

SYNOPSIS
     void
     ieee80211_crypto_attach(struct ifnet *ifp);

     void
     ieee80211_crypto_detach(struct ifnet *ifp);

     struct mbuf *
     ieee80211_wep_crypt(struct ifnet *ifp, struct mbuf *m0, int txflag);

DESCRIPTION
     These functions provide software encryption support for 802.11 device
     drivers.

     The ieee80211_crypto_attach() function initializes crypto support for the
     interface ifp, and sets the initialization vector (IV) for WEP encryption
     to a random number derived from a secure PRNG.

     The ieee80211_crypto_detach() function frees data structures associated
     with crypto support for the interface ifp.

     The ieee80211_wep_crypt() function runs the appropriate WEP encryption
     algorithm over the 802.11 encapsulated frame held in the mbuf chain m0,
     for transmission or reception on the interface ifp.  The txflag argument
     specifies whether the frame is being received or transmitted.  A value of
     0 indicates that the frame is being received and should therefore be
     decrypted; a non-zero value indicates that the frame is being transmitted
     and should be encrypted.

IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
     The ieee80211_wep_crypt() function stores its IV in the interface's
     embedded struct ieee80211com instance.

SEE ALSO
     ieee80211(9)

HISTORY
     The ieee80211 series of functions first appeared in NetBSD 1.5, and were
     later ported to FreeBSD 4.6 and OpenBSD 3.6.

AUTHORS
     This man page was written by Bruce M. Simpson <bms@FreeBSD.org> and
     Darron Broad <darron@kewl.org>.

OpenBSD 4.9			 May 31, 2007			   OpenBSD 4.9
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