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Greetings list.<br>
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I was wondering why there is no switch or parameter to increase the
"bit-strength" of the encryption algorithm under AES above 128-bit.<br>
<br>
I also would like to know if I am simply misunderstanding the
implementation. The man page has always indicated that a "256-bit"
hex key can be used in place of a passkey, however, I am a bit
confused as to why the interface information always will indicate
128-bit AES-CCM. <br>
<br>
Please reference the following:<br>
<br>
wlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
metric 0 mtu 1500<br>
inet 192.168.200.1 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast
192.168.255.255<br>
media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect mode 11g <b><hostap></b><br>
status: running<br>
ssid wireless-2 channel 1 (2412 MHz 11g) bssid
00:1b:2f:37:02:46<br>
country US ecm <b>authmode WPA privacy MIXED deftxkey 2</b><br>
<small><b><big>AES-CCM 2:128-bit</big></b></small> txpower
23 scanvalid 60 protmode CTS wme burst<br>
dtimperiod 1 -dfs<br>
<br>
Does hostapd implement anything higher than a 128-bit encryption
strength, or am I simply confused as to what I am using for
reference?<br>
<br>
I am running hostapd version 0.7.3 on a FreeBSD-8.2 router.<br>
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Respectfully,
Martes G Wigglesworth
M. G. Wigglesworth Holdings, LLC
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.mgwigglesworth.net">www.mgwigglesworth.net</a></pre>
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