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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man4 do not use WEP



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/dcd1255ecadc
branches:  trunk
changeset: 1014406:dcd1255ecadc
user:      nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Mon Sep 21 17:52:31 2020 +0000

description:
do not use WEP

diffstat:

 share/man/man4/rum.4 |  22 +++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diffs (45 lines):

diff -r 4b2068efd596 -r dcd1255ecadc share/man/man4/rum.4
--- a/share/man/man4/rum.4      Mon Sep 21 17:44:25 2020 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man4/rum.4      Mon Sep 21 17:52:31 2020 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" $OpenBSD: rum.4,v 1.17 2006/10/22 08:29:01 damien Exp $
-.\" $NetBSD: rum.4,v 1.10 2017/05/23 13:55:32 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rum.4,v 1.11 2020/09/21 17:52:31 nia Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2005, 2006
 .\"    Damien Bergamini <damien.bergamini%free.fr@localhost>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
 .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
 .\"
-.Dd May 5, 2017
+.Dd September 21, 2020
 .Dt RUM 4
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -72,16 +72,16 @@
 or to scan for access points.
 .El
 .Pp
+The
 .Nm
-supports software WEP.
-Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) is the de facto encryption standard
-for wireless networks.
-It can be typically configured in one of three modes:
-no encryption; 40-bit encryption; or 104-bit encryption.
-Unfortunately, due to serious weaknesses in WEP protocol
-it is strongly recommended that it not be used as the
-sole mechanism to secure wireless communication.
-WEP is not enabled by default.
+driver can be configured to use
+Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or
+Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA-PSK and WPA2-PSK).
+WPA is the de facto encryption standard for wireless networks.
+It is strongly recommended that WEP
+not be used as the sole mechanism
+to secure wireless communication,
+due to serious weaknesses in it.
 .Sh CONFIGURATION
 The
 .Nm



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