Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Wang <matthewmwang@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2022 06:43 > To: Otcheretianski, Andrei <andrei.otcheretianski@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Peer, Ilan <ilan.peer@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] wpa_supplicant: Do not associate on 6GHz with > forbidden configurations > > I'm not sure I agree with the execution here. In particular, I don't think we > should be modifying the IEs of the AP to prevent association. > Rather, there are places (e.g. wpa_supplicant_set_suites) where we > determine the correct suite based on the network configuration and the AP > IEs, and it makes more sense to do the 6ghz check there. In the case of the > WEP check, that can be easily accomplished by checking for 6ghz when we > define wep_ok, with the additional benefit of not exposing more WEP > specific things outside of CONFIG_WEP. > This change does not really modify the AP elements. Instead, it removes configurations that are no allowed on 6GHz to prevent starting a connection flow with invalid AKMs/ciphers/configuration. I think that it is preferrable to do this early during the candidate selection for association. Regards, Ilan. _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
