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While assisting a colleague in configuring the wireless interfaces on some OBSD testbed laptops...referencing the IFCONFIG(8) manpage, within the 'nwkey' subsection regarding configuration of the WEP key, it states "The length of each key must be either 40 bits, i.e. a 5-character string or 10 hexadecimal digits or 104 bits (13-character)." ...the question was posed to me whether or not "128 bit" WEP was supported. As the contents of the manpage caused a bit of confusion, the following is provided for consideration: "The length of each key must be either 40 bits, i.e. a 5-character ASCII string or 10 hexadecimal digits (64 bit encryption); 104 bits i.e. a 13-character ASCII string or 26 hexadecimal digits (128 bit encryption); or, for cards that support it, 232 bits, i.e a 29-character ASCII string or 58 hexadecimal digits (256 bit encryption)." diff provided next if useful: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- /usr/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sun Mar 4 09:36:46 2012 +++ ifconfig.8 Mon Mar 12 15:19:13 2012 @@ -940,8 +940,11 @@ within the key must be escaped with a backslash. Note that if multiple keys are used, their order must be the same within the network. -The length of each key must be either 40 bits, i.e. a 5-character string or -10 hexadecimal digits or 104 bits (13-character). +The length of each key must be either 40 bits, i.e. a 5-character ASCII +string or 10 hexadecimal digits (64 bit encryption); 104 bits i.e. a +13-character ASCII string or 26 hexadecimal digits (128 bit encryption); +or, for cards that support it, 232 bits, i.e a 29-character ASCII string +or 58 hexadecimal digits (256 bit encryption). .It Fl nwkey Disable WEP encryption. .It Cm nwkey Cm persist ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- df
