WLAN_WEP(4)

💖 WLAN_WEP(4) 💖

ok so bestie, welcome to the Kernel Interfaces Manual — this is the wlan_wep page and honestly it's giving "small module, big job" energy. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

wlan_wep — WEP crypto support for 802.11 devices 🦋

like, that's the whole vibe. it's the WEP girlie for your 802.11 situation.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

device wlan_wep

yes bestie, that's it. one line. iconic. no cap.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so listen. the wlan_wep module handles all the WEP cryptographic requirements of the 802.11 protocol. like, that's its whole personality. 💖

it does the encapsulation and decapsulation of WEP-encoded 802.11 frames, and it optionally calculates the WEP cipher. it's literally the plug.

the wlan_wep module is an 802.11 cryptographic plugin module for use by the wlan(4) module. 🫶 the way that it just shows up for wlan(4)… bestie behavior fr fr.

✨ and here's the cute part: this module is automatically loaded if a WEP key is configured with ifconfig(8). you don't even have to ask. it just appears. main character energy. 👑

and if the underlying network device can't do the WEP calculations in hardware? no problem bestie — the wlan_wep module will do the work. 💪✨ it's got you.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• wlan(4)
• wlan_ccmp(4)
• wlan_tkip(4)

the whole crypto girlie squad, honestly. 💜

📚 STANDARDS 📚

more info can be found in the IEEE 802.11 Standard. go read it, it's giving scholarly. 🧚

🦋 HISTORY 🦋

the wlan_wep driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0. a legend since day one. ⭐

and that's the page bestie!! 💖 this one shipped with Debian, dated December 7, 2004 — yeah, she's an elder icon, but she still ate. slay, periodt. 🎀💅✨