wlan_tkip(4)
NAME
- wlan_tkip - TKIP and Michael crypto support for 802.11 de
- vices
SYNOPSIS
device wlan_tkip
DESCRIPTION
- The wlan_tkip module handles the TKIP and Michael crypto
- graphic requirements of the WPA and 802.11i protocols. It does encapsula
- tion and decapsulation of TKIP-encoded 802.11 frames and optionally calcu
- lates the TKIP cipher and Michael MIC. The wlan_tkip module is an 802.11
- cryptographic plugin module for use by the wlan(4) module. This module is
- automatically loaded if a TKIP key is configured; typically by a WPA
- supplicant program such as wpa_supplicant, or a WPA authenticator pro
- gram such as hostapd. Should the underlying network device not be capa
- ble of doing the TKIP and/or Michael calculations in hardware, the
- wlan_tkip module will do the work.
SEE ALSO
wlan(4), wlan_ccmp(4), wlan_wep(4)
STANDARDS
- More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and
- 802.11i Standards.
HISTORY
- The wlan_tkip driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0.
- BSD December 7, 2004