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embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hi,</span></font></p>
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embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Can
somebody please describe the chain of events in the kernel/user-mode (as far as
WEXT IOCTLs and events) that occur when a station associates and starts the
EAPOL handshake?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:
embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What
I’m specifically interested in is how the kernel driver makes sure that only
EAPOL packets are sent/received by the driver and how can the network stack (or
whoever) makes sure EAPOLs are prioritized over other types of traffic. (What
happens if at the moment the interface notifies “UP”, the network stack starts
sending heavy traffic).</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:
embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Will
this traffic be just dropped at some higher level of the kernel driver and
handle only EAPOLs? (I am aware of a driver wrapper to handle only EAPOLs, but
what I’m concerned is other traffic from network stack and what happens to it).</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal dir=LTR style='text-align:left;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:
embed'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Is
there maybe a special support to notify the linux networking stack that it
should not forward any packets other than EAPOLs?</span></font></p>
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