On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 01:11:44PM +0100, Raphaël Mélotte wrote: > For userspace applications, sending custom action frames can be > cumbersome: many parameters need to be specified, while at the same > time those parameters are already known by hostapd (e.g. the BSSID, > current channel, etc). > > To make it easy to send custom action frames, add a new SEND_ACTION > control interface command. > It allows to send action frames (provided as a hex string) on the > current channel. I'm fine with doing this kind of things for testing purposes under the CONFIG_TESTING_OPTIONS build parameter, but providing a mechanism for sending practically any kind of Action frame in a production build feels problematic. There might be somewhat reduced privilege requirements for the hostapd control interfaces compared to being able to use NL80211_CMD_FRAME directly. In addition, sending some Action frames without hostapd having the internal context on the state can result in unexpected behavior when processing either the TX status callback or a response from a STA to such an Action frame. -- Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA _______________________________________________ Hostap mailing list Hostap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/hostap
