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Re: [PATCH 5/7] nl80211: Let userspace set the authenticated flag for a mesh peer

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On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:36 AM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 19:11 -0800, Thomas Pedersen wrote:
>> From: Javier Cardona <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [snip (maybe more changelog would be nice)]
>
> So .. a more "traditional" approach, like we do in AP, would be to let
> userspace manage the lifetime of STA entries in this case. In managed
> mode, we don't, but there mac80211 currently handles the authentication.
>
> I think you should explore doing mesh more like the AP case. OTOH, I
> don't know how the managed case with SAE would work.

I see.  Instead of setting the AUTH flag, just create the station.  We
would like to do this only for secure meshes, and continue letting the
kernel manage mesh peers for "open" meshes without the need of
userspace intervention.  We can certainly do it like you suggest, yes.


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Javier Cardona
cozybit Inc.
http://www.cozybit.com
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