WLAN_XAUTH(4)

📦 version 15.1, in freebsd 14.5, freebsd 15.1, nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

Okay bestie, meet wlan_xauth(4) — straight from the Kernel Interfaces Manual — and it's literally External authenticator support for 802.11 devices. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

device wlan_xauth

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the wlan_xauth module is a wlan(4) authenticator plugin, and it's for use with user-mode authentication implementations such as hostapd. It hooks into the 802.11 layer and does nothing. Yes, fr fr — that's the whole bit.

Because of that, 802.11 stations that associate are not authorized to send or receive frames until an external agent authorizes them — typically using a protocol such as WPA, 802.1x, or 802.11i. No cap, that's the security vibe check. 🔥

This module is automatically loaded by the rc script that normally starts hostapd(8). So the script's got you, bestie. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • wlan(4) — go say hi to the main wlan man page. 🫶

⭐ STANDARDS ⭐

More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and 802.11i Standards. Standards girlies stay winning. 👑

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

The wlan_xauth driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0. Iconic debut behavior. 🌸

Catch you later, bestie — this page came from Debian and is dated December 7, 2004. 💖✨

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