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From: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@open-mesh.com>
To: Nicolas Cavallari <Nicolas.Cavallari@lri.fr>
Cc: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>,
	"linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org>,
	Will Hawkins <hawkinsw@opentechinstitute.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/2] mac80211: in AD-HOC mode wait for the AUTH response
Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:32:43 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130131142300.GA9750@open-mesh.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <510A7D40.2030206@lri.fr>

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On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 06:18:40 -0800, Nicolas Cavallari wrote:
> On 31/01/2013 14:34, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > That seems reasonable. Actually there's no reason for wpa_s to "reset
> > the [...] sta_info", all it really has to do is set it to unauthorized
> > if it detects it was rebooted, and then start key negotiation again, I
> > think?
> 
> I'm not sure why Antonio resetted the sta_info. Not resetting it when a node reboot is
> detected from userspace works for me anyway.

I did that because wpa_s was ignoring the new EAPOL message sent by the rebooted
station. If I am not mistaken wpa_s would not expect a new "unencrypted" key
exchange. When I tried it wa snot working, that's why I came up with the
sta_info reset. But of course, if we could avoid the in-kernel reset, it would
be definitely better.


-- 
Antonio Quartulli

..each of us alone is worth nothing..
Ernesto "Che" Guevara

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-01-31 14:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-12-10 13:40 [PATCHv3 1/2] cfg80211: add the new IBSS_STA event Antonio Quartulli
2012-12-10 13:40 ` [PATCHv3 2/2] mac80211: in AD-HOC mode wait for the AUTH response Antonio Quartulli
2012-12-28 14:51   ` Johannes Berg
2013-01-02  6:32     ` Antonio Quartulli
2013-01-02  9:40       ` Nicolas Cavallari
2013-01-07 11:40         ` Antonio Quartulli
2013-01-07 13:16           ` Nicolas Cavallari
2013-01-25 22:05             ` Johannes Berg
2013-01-26 12:09               ` Nicolas Cavallari
2013-01-29 11:37                 ` Johannes Berg
2013-01-29 13:59                   ` Nicolas Cavallari
2013-01-29 21:50                     ` Will Hawkins
2013-01-31 13:34                     ` Johannes Berg
2013-01-31 14:18                       ` Nicolas Cavallari
2013-01-31 14:26                         ` Johannes Berg
2013-04-07 21:17                           ` Antonio Quartulli
2013-04-08  7:53                             ` Nicolas Cavallari
2013-04-08  9:11                               ` Antonio Quartulli
2013-01-31 14:32                         ` Antonio Quartulli [this message]
2013-02-01 17:11                         ` [PATCH] {cfg,nl}80211: tx_mgmt: use current bss channel if omitted Nicolas Cavallari
2013-02-04 16:04                           ` Johannes Berg
2013-02-04 17:15                             ` Nicolas Cavallari
2013-01-03 21:05       ` [PATCHv3 2/2] mac80211: in AD-HOC mode wait for the AUTH response Will Hawkins
2013-01-25 21:45         ` Johannes Berg
2013-01-29 21:54           ` Will Hawkins

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