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diff --git a/security/wpa_supplicant29/pkg-descr b/security/wpa_supplicant29/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9eb5f45eea94 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/wpa_supplicant29/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +wpa_supplicant is a client (supplicant) with support for WPA and WPA2 +(IEEE 802.11i / RSN). It is suitable for both desktop/laptop computers and +embedded systems. Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used +in the client stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA +Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/ +association of the wlan driver. + +wpa_supplicant is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the +background and acts as the backend component controlling the wireless +connection. wpa_supplicant supports separate frontend programs and a +text-based frontend (wpa_cli) and a GUI (wpa_gui) are included with +wpa_supplicant. + +WWW: http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/ |