Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:38093 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751201Ab1CEOGE (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:06:04 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4 v2] {mac|nl}80211: Support for SAE mesh authentication in userspace From: Johannes Berg To: Thomas Pedersen Cc: "John W. Linville" , Javier Cardona , devel@lists.open80211s.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1299288252-28314-1-git-send-email-thomas@cozybit.com> References: <1299288252-28314-1-git-send-email-thomas@cozybit.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2011 15:06:00 +0100 Message-ID: <1299333960.3826.6.camel@jlt3.sipsolutions.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I have a more generic question since I haven't seen the userspace bits: How does userspace know when to authenticate with a new peer? johannes