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Re: [PATCH] cfg80211: Allow non-zero indexes for device specific pair-wise ciphers

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On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 11:28 +0100, ext Johannes Berg wrote:
> On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 12:21 +0200, juuso.oikarinen@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Juuso Oikarinen <juuso.oikarinen@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Some vendor specific cipher suites require non-zero key indexes for pairwise
> > keys, but as of currently, the cfg80211 does not allow it.
> 
> Hmm, also -- does this mean that WAPI might use multiple pairwise keys?
> That's most definitely not supported at all in mac80211.

Hi, AFAIK no, it does not use multiple pairwise keys. At least the
wl12xx hardware does not appear to support that - it just uses the
latest set key.

Still, in WAPI, the key index is toggled between 0 and 1 for each key
re-negotiation. I don't know the exact encryption details, but the key
index is present in the encrypted data, so it needs to be set correctly
for successful encryption/decryption.

-Juuso

> johannes
> 


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