> > I got the impression I have first to push a key
> > to factotum, after which auth_wep picks it up.
> > is there a more direct way to do it?
> > I could not find a libarary routine to push the key
> > to factotum in some programmatic way.
> 
> read /sys/src/cmd/auth/factotum/wep.c

I already had done so.

> factotum wep hands off the key directly to the
> ethernet card so as not to reveal the secret.

i see.  just curious, is there any particular reason it
only supports keys 1-3 and not 4? (adding is trivial)

> it doesn't sound like that's appropriate here
> so just write it directly yourself.

fully correct. turned out I already had the
control-fd to the card open...

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