From: Oleksij Rempel <linux@rempel-privat.de>
To: Prabhunath G <gprabhunath@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org,
kernelnewbies <kernelnewbies@kernelnewbies.org>
Subject: Re: WEP/WPA/WPA2 implementation in software
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:24:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5233200E.4010102@rempel-privat.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACPKTAM-mtTS7QVSq817TQ11dS-cLA+nKgXF6yDGYvxw9rhucw@mail.gmail.com>
Am 13.09.2013 13:53, schrieb Prabhunath G:
> Dear All,
>
> Suppose there is no hardware support for
> encryption/decryption for Wi-Fi devices. Will the data be
> encrypted/decrypted by software implementation. If yes, is it done at
> the application level or at the kernel level (mac80211).
> Kindly clarify.
> If the question has to be rephrased, please do it
Hi,
see hostapd on AP site and wpa_supplicant on STA:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/wpa_supplicant
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd
check documentation here on:
http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation
may be it will answer some of your questions.
--
Regards,
Oleksij
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2013-09-13 11:53 WEP/WPA/WPA2 implementation in software Prabhunath G
2013-09-13 13:32 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2013-09-13 14:24 ` Oleksij Rempel [this message]
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