<s>
hostapd	B-Application
(	O
host	O
access	B-Device
point	I-Device
daemon	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
user	O
space	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
software	O
enabling	O
a	O
network	B-Protocol
interface	I-Protocol
card	I-Protocol
to	O
act	O
as	O
an	O
access	B-Device
point	I-Device
and	O
authentication	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
implementations	O
:	O
Jouni	B-Application
Malinen	I-Application
's	O
hostapd	B-Application
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
's	O
hostapd	B-Application
and	O
Devicescape	O
's	O
hostapd	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jouni	B-Application
Malinen	I-Application
's	O
hostapd	B-Application
is	O
a	O
user	O
space	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
for	O
access	B-Device
point	I-Device
and	O
authentication	B-Application
servers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
wireless	O
hotspot	O
using	O
a	O
Linux	B-Application
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
implements	O
IEEE	O
802.11	O
access	B-Device
point	I-Device
management	O
,	O
IEEE	O
802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP	O
Authenticators	O
,	O
RADIUS	B-Protocol
client	O
,	O
EAP	B-Protocol
server	O
,	O
and	O
RADIUS	B-Protocol
authentication	B-Application
server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
version	O
supports	O
Linux	B-Application
(	O
Host	B-Application
AP	I-Application
,	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
drivers	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
kernel	O
's	O
mac80211	B-Application
subsystem	O
)	O
,	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
(	O
net80211	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
DragonFlyBSD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
's	O
hostapd	B-Application
is	O
a	O
user	O
space	O
daemon	B-Operating_System
that	O
helps	O
to	O
improve	O
roaming	O
and	O
monitoring	O
of	O
OpenBSD-based	O
wireless	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
implements	O
Inter	O
Access	B-Device
Point	I-Device
Protocol	O
(	O
IAPP	O
)	O
for	O
exchanging	O
station	O
association	O
information	O
between	O
access	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Open	O
Wireless	O
Linux	B-Application
version	O
of	O
hostapd	B-Application
.	O
</s>
