Return-path: Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.22]:57021 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932249Ab3IMOYW (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Sep 2013 10:24:22 -0400 Received: from [192.168.2.102] ([93.218.92.56]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx102) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LsOsW-1W4rl53IJU-011w1g for ; Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:24:20 +0200 Message-ID: <5233200E.4010102@rempel-privat.de> (sfid-20130913_162426_005884_531E888F) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:24:14 +0200 From: Oleksij Rempel MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Prabhunath G CC: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, kernelnewbies Subject: Re: WEP/WPA/WPA2 implementation in software References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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