From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 27 22:28:47 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31EC8106566C for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:28:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) Received: from iron1.sfsu.edu (iron1.sfsu.edu [130.212.10.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 168308FC19 for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:28:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kayve@sfsu.edu) X-onepass: IPPSC X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Ao8CAL9yxUeC1Apk/2dsb2JhbACuaw Received: from smtp01.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.100]) by iron1.sfsu.edu with ESMTP; 27 Feb 2008 14:28:46 -0800 Received: from libra.sfsu.edu ([130.212.10.238]) by mail05a.sfsu.edu (Lotus Domino Release 7.0.3HF100) with ESMTP id 2008022714284518-31 ; Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:28:45 -0800 Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:28:45 -0800 (PST) From: KAYVEN RIESE To: Sam Leffler In-Reply-To: <47C5D8F6.20608@errno.com> Message-ID: References: <1204146470.47c5d1267ceee@webmail.rawbw.com> <47C5D8F6.20608@errno.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on MAIL05a/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3HF100 | December 5, 2007) at 02/27/2008 14:28:45, Serialize by Router on SMTP01/SERVERS/SFSU(Release 7.0.3HF312 | February 8, 2008) at 02/27/2008 14:28:46, Serialize complete at 02/27/2008 14:28:46 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Yuri , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it possible that modern wireless card only supports WPA and not WEP or this is a bug in the driver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:28:47 -0000 On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Sam Leffler wrote: > Yuri wrote: >> I have a Linksys PCI wireless card that is being attached by "ral" driver: >> ral0: mem 0xcffe8000-0xcffeffff irq 17 at >> device >> 10.0 on pci0 >> ral0: MAC/BBP RT2561C, RF RT2527 >> ral0: Ethernet address: 00:18:f8:2e:40:25 >> ral0: [ITHREAD] >> >> But when I do 'ifconfig ral0 list caps' it returns: >> ral0=2181e500 >> and WEP isn't there. >> >> This looks amazing since WEP is older and very widespread. I am about to do a talk on WEP versus WPA for a course in internet security. I became acquainted with the protocols through a 60 minutes story. http://tinyurl.com/2wucm3 WEP is not fully secure. WPA or WPA2 is the improvement. The above story notes that American businesses are in arears with respect to properly upgrading the wireless routers that they use for financial processing. >> >> So how can I tell if this card can't really support WEP or it's the driver >> that >> can't support it? >> > > WEP is always supported. The WEP capability bit means the driver uses the > hardware. Many driver writers were too lazy to implement full driver support > and just fall back on the host to do crypto. > >> Also command: >> ifconfig ral0 inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 ssid freebsdap wepmode >> on >> weptxkey 3 wepkey 3:0x3456789012 authmode open mode 11g mediaopt hostap >> succeeds though CAPS doesn't have WEP. >> Isn't this a bug? >> >> > > No, see above. > > Sam > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > *----------------------------------------------------------* Kayven Riese, BSCS, MS (Physiology and Biophysics) (415) 902 5513 cellular http://kayve.net Webmaster http://ChessYoga.org *----------------------------------------------------------*