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Re: [PATCH 6/7] mac80211: Parse RSN information element to determine if a peer needs authentication

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On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Johannes Berg <johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 19:11 -0800, Thomas Pedersen wrote:
>> From: Javier Cardona <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> [...]
>
> If you manage stations in userspace, then this code is unnecessary.
> That'd be a big win in my eyes. The only thing the kernel would need to
> know is not to create station entries, right?

If userspace manages only rsn mesh stations then we do still need
this.  That would be my preference:  only require an authentication
daemon if you intend to join a secure mesh.  In the same way that you
can connect to an open AP without a daemon.
Would you object to this approach?


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