Return-path: Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:39928 "EHLO lo.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752298Ab1BLAIT (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:08:19 -0500 Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Po329-00057t-T2 for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:08:17 +0100 Received: from f052169174.adsl.alicedsl.de ([78.52.169.174]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:08:17 +0100 Received: from pommnitz by f052169174.adsl.alicedsl.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:08:17 +0100 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: jpo Subject: Re: WPA for Ethernet? Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:08:05 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <20110211162845.GC2224@tuxdriver.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: John W. Linville writes: > I believe wpa_supplicant can do the 802.1x authentication to gain > access to a port on a supporting switch. However, I am not aware > of any standard for "encrypted ethernet" that would build upon that. John, thanks for taking the time to answer. An untested idea I had was bridging the mac80211 hwsim device to an ethernet device. Could this work and would it do what I want? I suspect not, but maybe... Alternatively, is it somehow possible to connect the lower layer input/output of hwsim to another network interface? > You might consider implementing your own code on top of the TUN/TAP > driver for point-to-point encrypted links? How would this differ from OpenVPN? > John