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Date:      Mon, 27 Aug 2001 11:24:19 -0700
From:      Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net>
To:        Michelle Brownsworth <michelle@primelogic.com>
Cc:        Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: WEP with Orinoco WaveLan
Message-ID:  <20010827112419.E6063@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu>
In-Reply-To: <a0500193fb7ae1c82f68e@[192.168.1.1]>; from michelle@primelogic.com on Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 09:11:40PM -0700
References:  <20010825231501.G37756-100000@volatile.chemikals.org> <a0500193fb7ae1c82f68e@[192.168.1.1]>

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> Wesley Morgan said:
>=20
> >That explains your problem. The keys are not programmed into the cards (=
to
> >do so would be a security risk). You must use wicontrol to set the keys =
at
> >startup.

Actually, Cisco cards do save the key in the card, but do not allow it
to be read, a significant improvement on the situation with wi cards
where the key must be available on the system in plaintext.

-- Brooks

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