Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 12:55:29 -0700 From: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>, Sam Leffler <sam@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifieee80211.c Message-ID: <422263733.1063803328@melange.errno.com> In-Reply-To: <20030917194312.GA42166@panzer.kdm.org> References: <200309171927.h8HJRhmr012987@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030917194312.GA42166@panzer.kdm.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 12:27:43 -0700, Sam Leffler wrote: >> sam 2003/09/17 12:27:43 PDT >> >> FreeBSD src repository >> >> Modified files: >> sbin/ifconfig ifieee80211.c >> Log: >> o add support for setting 128-bit WEP keys >> o use IEEE80211_KEYBUF_SIZE instead of magic numbers >> o distinguish between 40-, 104-, and 128-bit WEP keys when printing >> status >> >> Revision Changes Path >> 1.7 +7 -4 src/sbin/ifconfig/ifieee80211.c > > My Netgear router also claims to support 152-bit (and I think 64 bit, I > can check when I get home) WEP keys. You have to specify the 152-bit key > manually, though, instead of using their web-based Javascript code to > generate the key from a passphrase. > > Can we support 152-bit (and 64-bit) keys as well? The in-kernel storage is currently limited to 128-bit keys. There is major work needed in this area to support larger keys and AES but it's not a simple matter. Since WEP is basically useless (regardless of the key length) I don't think it's worth the effort to support larger keys right now. (I only fixed the 128-bit keys because it didn't require modifying the kernel.) Oh and 64-bit keys just get zero-padded to 104 bits so that's not really important. Sam
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?422263733.1063803328>