[src/trunk]: src/usr.sbin/wiconfig Confirmed the maximum length of the key fo...

[onoe <onoe%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/acf775ef512b
branches:  trunk
changeset: 495425:acf775ef512b
user:      onoe <onoe%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Thu Jul 27 20:24:19 2000 +0000

description:
Confirmed the maximum length of the key for WaveLAN Gold cards is
13 characters, not 14.  The 13 characters (104bit) secret will be
combined with 24-bit IV to consist the seed for 128-bit RC4.
Though maximum 14 characters can be configured in seven 16-bit hardware
registers, the last charactoer is apparently ignored both for encryption
and decryption.

diffstat:

 usr.sbin/wiconfig/wiconfig.8 |  9 ++++-----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diffs (23 lines):

diff -r 758189090261 -r acf775ef512b usr.sbin/wiconfig/wiconfig.8
--- a/usr.sbin/wiconfig/wiconfig.8      Thu Jul 27 20:08:47 2000 +0000
+++ b/usr.sbin/wiconfig/wiconfig.8      Thu Jul 27 20:24:19 2000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: wiconfig.8,v 1.9 2000/07/04 05:20:03 itojun Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: wiconfig.8,v 1.10 2000/07/27 20:24:19 onoe Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999
 .\"    Bill Paul <wpaul%ctr.columbia.edu@localhost> All rights reserved.
@@ -146,10 +146,9 @@
 (i.e., "0x1234512345"). For WaveLAN Silver cards, the key is
 restricted to 40 bits, hence the key can be either a 5-character text string
 or 10 hexadecimal digits. For WaveLAN Gold cards, the key can be up to
-112 bits, which means the key can be specified as either a 14-character
-text string or 28 hexadecimal digits.  (The card claims to be 128-bit RC4,
-but you can only send 112 bits to the driver.  Strange, I wonder where the
-other 16 bits come from, and what they are.)
+104 bits, which means the key can be specified as either a 13-character
+text string or 26 hexadecimal digits.  The key will be combined with the
+24-bit IV to consist the seed for RC4 in either case.
 .It Fl T Ar 1|2|3|4
 Specify which of the four WEP encryption keys will be used to encrypt
 transmitted packets.