Re: [PATCH 24/25] MBO: Always accept BTM request with disassociation imminent bit set

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 04:53:59PM +0200, Ilan Peer wrote:
> According to Multiband Operation specification (r17, section 3.5.2),
> a BSS Transition Management Request with the disassociation imminent
> bit set should always be accepted.

The spec includes an exception for this: "another AP, if one [is]
available".

> This is enforced in case the request did not include a candidate list.
> However, in case a candidate list was included but none of the APs in
> the candidate list was found in the scan results, the request is
> rejected.
> 
> Fix that by always accepting a request with the disassociation imminent
> bit set even if no roaming candidate was found.

This does not sound fixing to me.. Surely the request need to be
rejected if the requested action cannot be performed.

-- 
Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA

_______________________________________________
Hostap mailing list
Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Wireless]     [Linux Kernel]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux