Return-path: Received: from mail-yx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.213.174]:36185 "EHLO mail-yx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756467Ab0KRTxi (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Nov 2010 14:53:38 -0500 Received: by yxf34 with SMTP id 34so2131240yxf.19 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:53:38 -0800 (PST) From: Helmut Schaa To: Johannes Berg Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: Use sw crypto for GTKs on AP VLAN interfaces Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 20:52:27 +0100 Cc: "John W. Linville" , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, Lennert Buytenhek , Jouni Malinen References: <1290094587-5387-1-git-send-email-helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> <1290099699.3801.3.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> In-Reply-To: <1290099699.3801.3.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-Id: <201011182052.27448.helmut.schaa@googlemail.com> Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Am Donnerstag 18 November 2010 schrieb Johannes Berg: > On Thu, 2010-11-18 at 16:36 +0100, Helmut Schaa wrote: > > That means, broadcast traffic to and from stations associated to an AP > > VLAN interface is encrypted and decrypted in software whereas broadcast > > traffic to and from stations associated to the non-VLAN AP interface is > > encrypted end decrypted in hardware. > > Minor nit: bcast traffic from stations is never decrypted by these keys > since stations never send real bcast frames -- just remove the decyrpted > part and "from stations" part :-) Ah, yes, you're right. I'll update the comment accordingly ... Helmut