Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Hostap [mailto:hostap-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John > Doe > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2018 10:06 > To: hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: 802.11w PMF > > Hello guys, > > > Can I enquire about 802.11w specific behavior? > > > I have configured hostapd with ieee80211w set to 2 (PMF required), and > seems like that those management frames that should be encrypted are > encrypted indeed (flag "protected" is set and seen in Wireshark), however, > when I use hostapd_cli and trigger "disassociate"/"deauthenticate" my > phone/tablet MAC addresses, both frames are unencrypted. Should it be > considered as a proper behavior? > I'm using 2.6 version. > This would depend on disassociate/deauthentication address. If a broadcast/multicast address was used, then the frame is not encrypted, but should include the MMIE that should contain a MIC to authenticate the frame. Regards, Ilan. _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
