wpa_supplicant PSK question - update

[Bob Carlson]

I've got a lot of time pressure, so I will stick with the current code
base. I am also figuring out as I go the best way to adapt to VXWorks. I
thought it might be fun to come back to wpa_supplicant after I'm done with
the port and contribute some well-considered changes to a more current
version.

Cheers, Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hostap-bounces+bob.carlson=sigpro.com at shmoo.com [mailto:hostap-
> bounces+bob.carlson=sigpro.com at shmoo.com] On Behalf Of Jouni Malinen
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 9:17 PM
> To: hostap at shmoo.com
> Subject: Re: wpa_supplicant PSK question - update
> 
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 04:16:15PM -0600, Bob Carlson wrote:
> > I now see where wpa.c seems to have code for the 4-way handshake. I can
> > also see from your list of files that you are referring to the new
> 0.4.7. I
> > am working with 0.3.9, which was the stable one when I started.
> >
> > Is there any reason why I should be moving to 0.4.7? I have a lot of
> work
> > invested in the current code, though it's still conceivable to switch.
> 
> In general, I would recommend using the latest stable version when
> starting a new project. 0.4.x has number of new features and cleanup in
> the design that I consider very useful, but of course, you need to take
> a look at whether they would be more useful for you than the potential
> extra work added in moving from 0.3.x to 0.4.x.
> 
> If you want to have access to up-to-date documentation for the
> implementation, you should also take into account that 0.3.x is not
> documented as thoroughly as 0.4.x is. As far as future support is
> concerned, I would guess that 0.4.x will be supported for quite a bit
> longer than 0.3.x which may also be a useful thing to keep in mind.
> 
> If you will be able to contribute some changes to the open source
> version, I would highly recommend doing this based on 0.4.x or even
> better from my view point, on current development branch (0.5.x), but
> that may not be that good of a choice at this point for a stable
> product since it is likely going to get much more changes than 0.4.x.
> 
> --
> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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