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WLAN_CCMP(4)                       BSD Kernel Interfaces Manual                      WLAN_CCMP(4)

NAME
     wlan_ccmp — AES-CCMP crypto support for 802.11 devices

SYNOPSIS
     device wlan_ccmp

DESCRIPTION
     The wlan_ccmp module handles the AES-CCMP cryptographic requirements of the WPA and 802.11i
     protocols.  It does encapsulation and decapsulation of CCMP-encoded 802.11 frames and
     optionally calculates the AES-CCMP cipher.  The wlan_ccmp module is an 802.11 cryptographic
     plugin module for use by the wlan(4) module.  This module is automatically loaded if an AES-
     CCMP key is configured; typically by a WPA supplicant program such as wpa_supplicant, or a
     WPA authenticator program such as hostapd.  Should the underlying network device not be
     capable of doing the AES-CCMP calculations in hardware, the wlan_ccmp module will do the
     work.

SEE ALSO
     wlan(4), wlan_tkip(4), wlan_wep(4)

STANDARDS
     More information can be found in the IEEE 802.11, WPA, and 802.11i Standards.

HISTORY
     The wlan_ccmp driver first appeared in FreeBSD 6.0.

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