From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mout.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.187]:53710 "EHLO mout.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753929AbbFRP6t (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:58:49 -0400 Message-ID: <5582EAAD.1090605@xsilon.com> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 16:58:37 +0100 From: Simon Vincent MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: The 802.15.4 Security Layer References: <20150618123154.GB6640@omega> <5582E6FA.3020101@osg.samsung.com> In-Reply-To: <5582E6FA.3020101@osg.samsung.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-wpan-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Stefan Schmidt , Alexander Aring , linux-wpan@vger.kernel.org Hi, On 18/06/15 16:42, Stefan Schmidt wrote: > Hello. > > On 18/06/15 14:31, Alexander Aring wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I saw the latest discussion about the security layer and wants to open a >> new thread about discussion for access this layer over nl802154 and >> putting a "very easy to use" functionality into iwpan. >> >> I need to admit, I never tested myself this layer, also I told many >> times that the step to put security layer functionality into nl802154 is >> a necessary step. For that reason I declare the security layer as >> broken. >> >> Several months ago I started to put these functionality into wpan-tools >> and nl802154. It's just parsing a file at the moment and putting the all >> relevant entries for key, device, seclevel tables in cfg802154. Nothing >> more. These tables are handled like an ACL in 802.15.4 (so far I know) >> and necessary to do the "key lookup" procedure, on receiving decrypted >> frames. >> >> At weekend I will try to provide my stuff which I already have done and >> will try to explain what the idea for the next necessary steps are. It's >> just to start a discussion "How do deal with accessing llsec over >> nl802154/cfg802154". >> >> After we can accessing the sec layer over nl802154, we can hopefully >> remove >> the old interface stuff. >> >> Does this sounds like a plan? > > I think this is a good idea and I would gladly gve this some testing > next week. I bet Simon would do as well as he is currently looking > into it. Yes it would nice to tidy this all up and get a stable interface. I currently have some time to look at this and do some testing. - Simon