[PATCH] hostapd: add option to ignore data frames from unknown stations

Jouni Malinen j at w1.fi
Mon Jan 30 01:36:32 PST 2023


On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 10:15:39AM +0100, Raphaël Mélotte wrote:
> When an external process manages hostapd, it can be needed to
> temporarily ignore class 3 frames from unknown stations until hostapd
> can be made aware of the station.

Could you please provide some more details and justification (e.g., a
pointer to where such functionality is defined) for this? This seems to
be directly in conflict with the IEEE 802.11 standard requirements..

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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