[RFC] hostapd: disable WPS when WPA-TKIP configuration is set

Avinash Patil avinashapatil at gmail.com
Thu Aug 16 01:12:07 EDT 2012


Hi Jouni,

Thanks for comment.

hostapd handles other WSC2.0 negative tests- e.g. disable WPS when WEP
encryption is set, disable WPS when BSS is configured as hidden network. So
I think its good to have this check in hostapd itself.

Please let me know your comments.

Best Regards,
Avinash





On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:06 PM, Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 10:56:50AM +0530, Avinash Patil wrote:
>> TC4.1.11 from WSC2.0 test plan mandates to disable WPS
>> when AP is configured as WPA-TKIP only.
>> This patches disables WPS if AP configuration is WPA-TKIP.
>
> This type of functionality should really be at a higher level in the
> system so that the user will be notified that WPS will be disabled (and
> to provide an option to enable WPA2/CCMP to re-enable WPS).
>
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