Return-path: Received: from crystal.sipsolutions.net ([195.210.38.204]:33052 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753961AbXFVUTI (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Jun 2007 16:19:08 -0400 Subject: Re: [WIP] mac80211: kill mgmt interface From: Johannes Berg To: Jiri Benc Cc: Andy Green , linux-wireless In-Reply-To: <20070622174953.500817e0@griffin.suse.cz> References: <1182418939.10821.8.camel@johannes.berg> <20070621143558.68fc8e4a@griffin.suse.cz> <1182429920.21939.1.camel@johannes.berg> <20070621151441.500d62d5@griffin.suse.cz> <20070622154545.29eeebdb@griffin.suse.cz> <467BDCB1.1010604@warmcat.com> <1182526221.21939.94.camel@johannes.berg> <20070622174953.500817e0@griffin.suse.cz> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-0nAm+vuGxvY6ODMP5klE" Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:20:20 +0200 Message-Id: <1182543620.21939.98.camel@johannes.berg> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --=-0nAm+vuGxvY6ODMP5klE Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2007-06-22 at 17:49 +0200, Jiri Benc wrote: > On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:30:21 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > > In addition, we still have the problem with receiving encrypted eapol > > frames etc. that we really need to see unencrypted but can't make it to > > the network interface. >=20 > Hm, are you able to get such management frames if you're not root (or > has CAP_NET_RAW capabilities)? Currently? You need CAP_NET_ADMIN for PF_PACKET, but I'm not sure what would happen if we passed them up instead of dropping them. There must be a reason we currently drop them. > I think netlink is fine if it is used for injection too (at least of > management frames and WPA stuff). I don't disagree. I'd even say that having both injection interfaces is fine since they really cover different use cases. johannes --=-0nAm+vuGxvY6ODMP5klE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Johannes Berg (powerbook) iD8DBQBGfC8E/ETPhpq3jKURAnbFAJoD+WLGUEBTaEGdq88V54LYVvlyXgCgiX28 a2eQ8ZXXdVMwiUSsADm8G8w= =YkHd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0nAm+vuGxvY6ODMP5klE--