WPA supplicant in adhoc mode

[Jouni Malinen]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:12:46PM -0600, LAMBA Jaideep wrote:

> So does that mean I cannot use wpa_supplicant in adhoc mode for WPA
> security ?? What are my options for security in Adhoc mode ? 

The current development branch (0.7.x) has experimental code for RSN
IBSS (i.e., more proper use of 4-way handshake and key setup as was
specified in IEEE 802.11i-2004). However, I don't think there is any
driver available that would work properly with this now. mac80211-based
drivers may get quite close to working, but they do not yet support
multiple per-device group keys which is needed for RSN IBSS. This may
eventually provide the functionality you are looking for, but at the
moment, you are much more likely to get working results by making one of
your device an AP instead of using IBSS.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA