[PATCH 16/18] Interworking: make sure interworking is supported before sending ANQP

[Otcheretianski, Andrei]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jouni Malinen [mailto:j at w1.fi]
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 23:55
> To: Otcheretianski, Andrei <andrei.otcheretianski at intel.com>
> Cc: hostap at lists.infradead.org; Spinadel, David <david.spinadel at intel.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 16/18] Interworking: make sure interworking is
> supported before sending ANQP
> 
> On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 05:33:09PM +0300, andrei.otcheretianski at intel.com
> wrote:
> > Check that AP supports interworking before sending ANQP query.
> > While at it prevent sending GAS query to unknown BSSs.
> 
> Why? Are you sure this would not cause issues with deployed AP
> implementations not advertising things in a manner expected by the IEEE
> 802.11 standard? For example, Wi-Fi P2P did not really talk much about the
> Interworking capability bit while still using ANQP..

This is tested in location test plan. So it's needed to pass the certification.
I think that theoretically it's correct not to use interworking if AP doesn't support it, but I really don't know if it will cause issues.

Andrei
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> Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA