Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:41:03 -0700 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HostAP mode ROCKS!!! ...and a small suggestion Message-ID: <20020513114057.A24894@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <3CDFD8CE.1040300@quack.kfu.com>; from nsayer@quack.kfu.com on Mon, May 13, 2002 at 08:16:30AM -0700 References: <3CDFD8CE.1040300@quack.kfu.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, May 13, 2002 at 08:16:30AM -0700, Nick Sayer wrote: > I'd like an explanation, if I may, of what the 'authmode' setting in > ifconfig does. I can't really see any effect. Last I checked, nothing with wi cards. Basicly, it's a rather broken method of allowing APs and hosts to authenticate. Just about everything uses Open which means the AP just accepts everyone. A few things use Shared which use some really braindead shared secret system which according to the Cisco AP docs, exposes the secret on the wire rendering it worthless. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE84Ai2XY6L6fI4GtQRAh7hAJ97s1JBSbp9UEfy+4g1CSbQU9mXMgCfYHK9 nI/rUChcLLYVSgW+dQaZ/d0= =4zo+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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