.B hostapd
is a user space daemon for access point and authentication servers.
It implements IEEE 802.11 access point management, IEEE 802.1X/WPA/WPA2/EAP Authenticators and RADIUS authentication server.
-The current version supports Linux (Host AP, madwifi, Prism54 drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).
+The current version supports Linux (Host AP, madwifi, mac80211-based drivers) and FreeBSD (net80211).
.B hostapd
is designed to be a "daemon" program that runs in the background and acts as the backend component controlling authentication.