hostapd/wpa_supplicant - new development release v0.5.0

[Jouni Malinen]

On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 08:58:19AM -0500, Bryan Kadzban wrote:

> Maybe I should go read the standard again, but does the AP have any
> chance to "veto" the DLS/STAKey setup?  I would assume so, since the
> frames go through it first, but I don't know for sure.

For STAKey handshake, yes, AP can stop that from happening since it is
responsible for generating the keys for the initiator and peer STAs.

> But I suppose the "block traffic from one STA to another" code could
> probably also block the STAKey frames, right?  So maybe it isn't an
> issue.  Hmm.

AP does not have much control for the direct link once it is set up, so
the way to prevent this is to just refuse to take part in STAKey
handshake.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA