RE: Re: [PATCH BlueZ] mesh: Add check for valid netkey index

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Hi Brian,
>On Thu, 2020-04-02 at 21:30 +0530, Anupam Roy wrote:
>> Hi Brian,
>> 
>> > You are correct in finding this bug...  It was found in paralell by Przemysław Fierek, and should be fixed
>> > as
>> > of this commit:
>> > 
>> >   commit 84a9b6ce4b66a2ba21cce8e4b0c3c6e097a5493a
>> >   Author: Przemysław Fierek <przemyslaw.fierek@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >   Date:   Tue Mar 31 14:09:08 2020 +0200
>> > 
>> >       mesh: Add net key index to sar structure
>> >       
>> >       This patch adds net key index to struct mesh_sar. This fixes problem with
>> >       using invalid network key to encrypt application messages.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > If you check out the current tip, hopefully it will solve the problem you found where the incorrect
>> > (primary
>> > subnet) key was used instead of the requested net key.
>> > 
>> Okay, got it, thanks.
>> Since we plan to use the net key index, will the below sanity check stand valid(in case of app_idx ==
>> APP_IDX_DEV_REMOTE)?
>> As it may save some un-necesary processing of the message payload in case net key index is *Not* valid or
>> *subnet* is deleted by Config Client. Please share your opinion. Thanks
>
>If the App uses DevKeySend() with remote == true, but the node does not have the device key for that remote
>node in it's keyring, the method will silently fail, and no message will be sent Over-the-Air.
>
Okay, I got that, deleting the keyring (by subnet-delete <net idx>) should not have any effect for remote DevKeySend messages,
as net idx would be used just to pick up Network Encryption Key from the node->net->subnet. Thanks for clarification.

>If the App wants to *respond* to an incoming command received with the local nodes device key, it should
>respond using DevKeySend() with remote==false, and net_index == the net_index from the cooresponding
>DevKeyMessageReceived().




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