use cases for ieee8021x=0?

Jouni Malinen j
Sun Nov 4 19:32:55 PST 2007


On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 04:28:46PM +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:

> The config file states:
> 
> # Require IEEE 802.1X authorization
> #ieee8021x=1
> 
> but I don't see a use case for turning it off. Is there any?

IEEE 802.1X authorization is not used in open, static WEP, or
WPA-Personal (PSK) configurations. It is only enabled for IEEE 802.1X
(with or without dynamic WEP) and WPA-Enterprise.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA




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