From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from xc.sipsolutions.net ([83.246.72.84]:45910 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752724AbZGIRsU (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Jul 2009 13:48:20 -0400 Subject: Re: nl80211 and wext interoperability From: Johannes Berg To: Pavel Roskin Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1247159625.28654.30.camel@mj> References: <1247139797.2144.27.camel@johannes.local> <1247159625.28654.30.camel@mj> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha1"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-hYfd8OSh/pdLE57dSHEY" Date: Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:48:16 +0200 Message-Id: <1247161696.22527.1.camel@johannes.local> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-hYfd8OSh/pdLE57dSHEY Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 13:13 -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > I think using random data is a problem by itself. Are we exposing > random pieces of kernel memory in probe requests? That's bad. You misunderstood. wpa_supplicant _explicitly_ tells us it _wants_ to use that 32-byte random SSID. It's just like it telling us it wants to use the ssid "foobar" or "Pavel's House" or ... I don't see what we can do, other than actually take it seriously and at least attempt to connect to that network. johannes --=-hYfd8OSh/pdLE57dSHEY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAABAgAGBQJKVi1dAAoJEODzc/N7+QmafzkP/AxYvAK+DIoaQ239fFCaBek7 hKN39SAX3d4+2WLjVsBpa70ay6U86BDj+kGMxMaZDHC0OGUPUL6YydGM28r4fe5n 40Fw+9oPEbMzdxOLV2zRs938TRFMBIZxJS6yacXcjupjzGV9e9iT+gsWGw2t0Xgu EMRTNXZHjaBJzdoi4NoKJWWf2dBnXI73yf1JN5KnBEEGzjIQ+yQv83Ri1KZ5NBTG V9YrDgn6QdBSs3k8OD0zlwYImCCkz+RHZPl5kiZl1ZS7XeM4vIBhYMbc2fx67pu0 q4/L5UqcGtY+1qTFhkzRoS/a2p/hcrCbv4ZtVV751PBF2ZDb1CXG5XRYZpH9t7i1 wJSWbgx7oDC2NAiPtiEX7xqaDmqUTx6uR4vgjZQrfF6spu3OGjXL9oyiz+7L26BG Wh487eGIL/QuEjZox6KZ6Bf0ei5scaBligcMsriwYDeg1iG6niCmMeqqJXCwKMof aMKhrCOKbx2ecTvBPRoVRW9xwN9+w3e6pBxVerYMTyXWGhQtEQEGQ5COPR/QZaPs 6HgDVHhAD7U33cNlkVCaAhZc5myeJYD5m2JwvOtN4W1WsutbfQrcNkP85rchlk4z 6mHlJdFoD3rQ71wlPQhXmVTLlqSt/FGF3xlFdxR90qN1B6DlzN2PMQP5WqsA8PqK DUTbtBuCZMLvdZ6p5Ach =EmR0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-hYfd8OSh/pdLE57dSHEY--