Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751238AbWAYPq3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:46:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751236AbWAYPq3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:46:29 -0500 Received: from rrcs-24-73-230-86.se.biz.rr.com ([24.73.230.86]:33246 "EHLO shaft.shaftnet.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750709AbWAYPq2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:46:28 -0500 Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:44:02 -0500 From: Stuffed Crust To: Johannes Berg Cc: Denis Vlasenko , "John W. Linville" , jbenc@suse.cz, netdev@vger.kernel.org, softmac-dev@sipsolutions.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: [softmac-dev] [PATCH] ieee80211_rx_any: filter out packets, call ieee80211_rx or ieee80211_rx_mgt Message-ID: <20060125154402.GB9224@shaftnet.org> Mail-Followup-To: Johannes Berg , Denis Vlasenko , "John W. Linville" , jbenc@suse.cz, netdev@vger.kernel.org, softmac-dev@sipsolutions.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bcm43xx-dev@lists.berlios.de References: <20060118200616.GC6583@tuxdriver.com> <200601221404.52757.vda@ilport.com.ua> <1138026752.3957.98.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="1UWUbFP1cBYEclgG" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1138026752.3957.98.camel@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Greylist: Sender is SPF-compliant, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (shaft.shaftnet.org [127.0.0.1]); Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:44:04 -0500 (EST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1434 Lines: 45 --1UWUbFP1cBYEclgG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 03:32:32PM +0100, Johannes Berg wrote: > Shouldn't you BSS-filter management packets too? Filtering on BSSID is necessary for management frames, especially when=20 multicast management frames are thrown into the mix. =20 For example, STAs are supposed to respect broadcast disassoc/deauth messages, but of course should ignore them if they're not destined for the local BSSID.=20 The only extra-BSS management frames that should not be dropped are are beacons and probe responses. That said, probe responses are directed so our A1 (RA) filter will probably drop the frame if it is not destined for us. - Solomon --=20 Solomon Peachy ICQ: 1318344 Melbourne, FL =20 Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. --1UWUbFP1cBYEclgG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD15zCPuLgii2759ARAsloAJ9hugn9Q0jiHJkrQBwepiaquYAdfACdEAE1 ysLRFcd+xhTmpumLy34ua6o= =LvVx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1UWUbFP1cBYEclgG-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/