Return-path: Received: from mfe1.polimi.it ([131.175.12.23]:40848 "EHLO polimi.it" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751005AbXFGHMT (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Jun 2007 03:12:19 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 09:10:40 +0200 From: Stefano Brivio To: Larry Finger Cc: wireless Subject: Re: RFC: Regulatory info in mac80211 Message-ID: <20070607091040.2b2f1d00@morte> In-Reply-To: <4665CCE7.5090409@lwfinger.net> References: <4665CCE7.5090409@lwfinger.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:51:51 -0500 Larry Finger wrote: > 3. There should be some sort of checking to verify that the database has > not been hacked to modify transmission power, etc. in an illegal manner. > Obviously, no foolproof means of enforcing this does not exist; however, > we should prevent the crudest form of modifications. Why should this be enforced at all? What the Linux kernel has to do with enforcing legality? I see implementation of regulatory information in mac80211 as a convenient way in order to avoid issues for the end user. Those issues includes: 1) violating the regulatory domain compliance without noticing; 2) losing time in order to get around domain compliance checks, when this is done with perfect consciousness. -- Ciao Stefano