Re: [PATCH] wpa_supplicant: Send EAPoL-Key frames over NL80211 where available

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On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 09:01 +0000, Brendan Jackman wrote:
> On 27/08/2019 15:56, Johannes Berg wrote:
>  > On Tue, 2019-08-27 at 06:54 +0000, Brendan Jackman wrote:
>  >>  > Shouldn't
>  >>  > NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT get set here at least in some
>  >>  > cases?
>  >>
>  >> Well actually my goal is strictly to _disable_ encryption for this frame.
>  > Wait though - that means you *do* need to (always) set
>  > NL80211_ATTR_CONTROL_PORT_NO_ENCRYPT.
>  >
>  > Your driver might not care right now, but others will, and that might
>  > end up a problem if you don't set it, no?
>  >
> 
> Agh! I meant to say _enable_ encryption. i.e. "disable" the bit of code that
> "disables" encryption for the frame specficially. Sorry!

Hmm, but why? 802.11 explicitly says EAPOL frames are _not_ to be
encrypted, IIRC?

johannes


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