wpa_supplicant and rekeying, dynamic WEP

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Mon Jun 21 08:50:05 PDT 2004


<quote who="Zdenek Pizl">
> On Mon, 2004-06-21 at 15:21, Jouni Malinen wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 01:53:23PM +0200, Zdenek Pizl wrote:
>>
>> >  I've notice that wpa_supplicant 0.2.2 does not do rekeying in EAP/TLS
>> > mode. My AP (Orinoco AP600) has set rekeying interval to 900 seconds,
>> > but there is no change in  key according to iwconfig wlan0.
>> >
>> > What did I miss in the configuration?
>>
>> If you have the first authentication working, rekeying is supposed to
>> work. However, I have to admit I have not tested this at all. I will
>> need to do some more testing to find out what could be causing this.
>
> I assume this is an issue according to the iwconfig output:
<snip>
>           Encryption key:110C-17E6-70   Security mode:open
<snip>

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe when security mode is OPEN then no
encryption takes place... even if a key is specified.


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