[LEDE-DEV] KRACK (Key Reinstallation Attacks), now patched upstream in hostapd

Tue Oct 17 23:41:04 PDT 2017

On 10/18/2017 04:28 AM, Stijn Tintel wrote:
> Updating release binaries is very bad practice and should never be done.
> Please wait for 17.01.4, which will include the fixes.
>
Why would that be? I don't see what the negative effects are if I update
just the hostapd and wpad* packages, other than using up some space,
instead of installing a new image with them included. Or am I missing
something?

Simon