hostapd/wpa_supplicant - new development release v0.4.2

[Nomellames nunca]

Jouni,

i tested the new driver. I downloaded hostapd-0.4.2, but it didn't
include the compiling directive foe the driver in the defconfig file
(wpa_supplicant includes it for compiling). I added it myself, and it
compiles and works well.

Thanks! i will try to use this driver as a starting point for creating
a wds_drifer for wpa_supplicant

jesus


On 6/13/05, Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi> wrote:
> New versions of wpa_supplicant and hostapd were just released and are
> now available from http://hostap.epitest.fi/
> 
> This release is from the new development branch (0.4.x). Please note
> that the 0.3.x branch continues to be the current source of stable
> releases.
> 
> This version includes number of small bug fixes and couple of new
> features. Not directly visible to end users, but an important addition
> for developers, is in driver_test.c, i.e., in the "test" driver
> interface. hostapd and wpa_supplicant can now be configured to talk to
> eachother without requiring wireless cards or any kernel drivers. This
> can be used to test most of the core code in both programs much more
> easily than before. Before, it was only possible to run EAP tests in
> this kind of setup, now this can be extended to WPA handshake, RADIUS
> accounting, and so on. This should also make it easier to develop new
> features since one host can be used to run developer tests while
> modifying the programs.
> 
> I wrote some documentation on testing and developments tools that I
> use. This is available as part of the wpa_supplicant developers'
> documentation and the direct address for the page is
> http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/devel/testing_tools.html.
> 
> It would be useful to get feedback on whether this kind of tools and
> documentation is useful. I'll continue adding tools that make my life
> easier, but making these tools easy to use for others and writing
> documentation takes time. This is more likely to happen if I know that
> someone else finds them useful.
> 
> 
> hostapd:
> * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
> * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
> * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
> * renamed eap_authenticator configuration variable to eap_server to
>  better match with RFC 3748 (EAP) terminology
> * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
>  by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
>  cards
> 
> wpa_supplicant:
> * driver_ipw: updated driver structures to match with ipw2200-1.0.4
>  (note: ipw2100-1.1.0 is likely to require an update to work with
>  this)
> * added support for using ap_scan=2 mode with multiple network blocks;
>  wpa_supplicant will go through the networks one by one until the
>  driver reports a successful association; this uses the same order for
>  networks as scan_ssid=1 scans, i.e., the priority field is ignored
>  and the network block order in the file is used instead
> * fixed a potential issue in RSN pre-authentication ending up using
>  freed memory if pre-authentication times out
> * added support for matching alternative subject name extensions of the
>  authentication server certificate; new configuration variables
>  altsubject_match and altsubject_match2
> * driver_ndis: added support for IEEE 802.1X authentication with wired
>  NDIS drivers
> * added support for querying private key password (EAP-TLS) through the
>  control interface (wpa_cli/wpa_gui) if one is not included in the
>  configuration file
> * driver_broadcom: fixed couple of memory leaks in scan result
>  processing
> * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
> * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
> * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
> * added support for using password with EAP-PAX (as an alternative to
>  entering key with eappsk); SHA-1 hash of the password will be used as
>  the key in this case
> * added support for arbitrary driver interface parameters through the
>  configuration file with a new driver_param field; this adds a new
>  driver_ops function set_param()
> * added possibility to override l2_packet module with driver interface
>  API (new send_eapol handler); this can be used to implement driver
>  specific TX/RX functions for EAPOL frames
> * fixed ctrl_interface_group processing for the case where gid is
>  entered as a number, not group name
> * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
>  by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
>  cards
> 
> 
> --
> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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