Return-path: Received: from mail-vx0-f174.google.com ([209.85.220.174]:57628 "EHLO mail-vx0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759729Ab1CDTHC (ORCPT ); Fri, 4 Mar 2011 14:07:02 -0500 Received: by vxi39 with SMTP id 39so2286085vxi.19 for ; Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:07:01 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1299238635.4348.6.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> References: <1299208307-9428-1-git-send-email-thomas@cozybit.com> <1299208307-9428-7-git-send-email-thomas@cozybit.com> <1299238635.4348.6.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> From: Javier Cardona Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 11:06:41 -0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/7] mac80211: Parse RSN information element to determine if a peer needs authentication To: Johannes Berg Cc: Thomas Pedersen , linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, devel@lists.open80211s.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 3:37 AM, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 19:11 -0800, Thomas Pedersen wrote: >> From: Javier Cardona > > [...] > > If you manage stations in userspace, then this code is unnecessary. > That'd be a big win in my eyes. The only thing the kernel would need to > know is not to create station entries, right? If userspace manages only rsn mesh stations then we do still need this. That would be my preference: only require an authentication daemon if you intend to join a secure mesh. In the same way that you can connect to an open AP without a daemon. Would you object to this approach? -- Javier Cardona cozybit Inc. http://www.cozybit.com