[PATCH v5 17/25] wpaspy: add debug support for Ctrl UDP class

Janusz Dziedzic janusz.dziedzic at tieto.com
Mon Mar 7 08:55:30 PST 2016


On 7 March 2016 at 09:58, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 12:01:07PM +0100, Janusz Dziedzic wrote:
>> On 5 March 2016 at 15:50, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> wrote:
>> > On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 10:20:33AM +0100, Janusz Dziedzic wrote:
>> >> Add debug support for Ctrl class. This is
>> >> useful for debuging purpose for UDP connection.
>> >
>> > While this may be useful for some debugging purposes, this would also
>> > unconditionally add logger.debug() calls for private information that
>> > may include passwords. I don't think this is appropriate since wpaspy.py
>> > can be used outside testing environment.
>> >
>> Yes, but added only for UDP path. While UDP CTRL (no encryption)
>> should be used only for test purpose, will that be a problem?
>
> One could claim so, but I'm not sure I really see the point of wpaspy
> having these debug prints with the contents of the messages for one of
> the mechanisms. Those debug prints are already in place in run-tests.py
> anyway.
>
Yes, I see they are in wpa_supplicant.py/hostapd.py. So, we don't need
them in wpaspy.py

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> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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