1 ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant
4 * added support for SHA-256 as X.509 certificate digest when using the
5 internal X.509/TLSv1 implementation
8 * added support for EAP Sequences in EAP-FAST Phase 2
9 * added support for using TNC with EAP-FAST
10 * added driver_ps3 for the PS3 Linux wireless driver
11 * added support for optional cryptobinding with PEAPv0
12 * fixed the OpenSSL patches (0.9.8g and 0.9.9) for EAP-FAST to
13 allow fallback to full handshake if server rejects PAC-Opaque
14 * added fragmentation support for EAP-TNC
15 * added support for parsing PKCS #8 formatted private keys into the
16 internal TLS implementation (both PKCS #1 RSA key and PKCS #8
17 encapsulated RSA key can now be used)
18 * added option of using faster, but larger, routines in the internal
19 LibTomMath (for internal TLS implementation) to speed up DH and RSA
20 calculations (CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH_FAST=y)
21 * fixed race condition between disassociation event and group key
22 handshake to avoid getting stuck in incorrect state [Bug 261]
23 * fixed opportunistic key caching (proactive_key_caching)
26 * removed 'nai' and 'eappsk' network configuration variables that were
27 previously used for configuring user identity and key for EAP-PSK,
28 EAP-PAX, EAP-SAKE, and EAP-GPSK. 'identity' field is now used as the
29 replacement for 'nai' (if old configuration used a separate
30 'identity' value, that would now be configured as
31 'anonymous_identity'). 'password' field is now used as the
32 replacement for 'eappsk' (it can also be set using hexstring to
33 present random binary data)
34 * removed '-w' command line parameter (wait for interface to be added,
35 if needed); cleaner way of handling this functionality is to use an
36 external mechanism (e.g., hotplug scripts) that start wpa_supplicant
37 when an interface is added
38 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D9.0
39 * added ctrl_iface monitor event (CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS) for
40 indicating when new scan results become available
41 * added new ctrl_iface command, BSS, to allow scan results to be
42 fetched without hitting the message size limits (this command
43 can be used to iterate through the scan results one BSS at the time)
44 * fixed EAP-SIM not to include AT_NONCE_MT and AT_SELECTED_VERSION
45 attributes in EAP-SIM Start/Response when using fast reauthentication
46 * fixed EAPOL not to end up in infinite loop when processing dynamic
47 WEP keys with IEEE 802.1X
48 * fixed problems in getting NDIS events from WMI on Windows 2000
51 * added support for Makefile builds to include debug-log-to-a-file
52 functionality (CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y and -f<path> on command line)
53 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA message parser to validate attribute
54 lengths properly to avoid potential crash caused by invalid messages
55 * added data structure for storing allocated buffers (struct wpabuf);
56 this does not affect wpa_supplicant usage, but many of the APIs
57 changed and various interfaces (e.g., EAP) is not compatible with old
59 * added support for protecting EAP-AKA/Identity messages with
60 AT_CHECKCODE (optional feature in RFC 4187)
61 * added support for protected result indication with AT_RESULT_IND for
62 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA (phase1="result_ind=1")
63 * added driver_wext workaround for race condition between scanning and
64 association with drivers that take very long time to scan all
65 channels (e.g., madwifi with dual-band cards); wpa_supplicant is now
66 using a longer hardcoded timeout for the scan if the driver supports
67 notifications for scan completion (SIOCGIWSCAN event); this helps,
68 e.g., in cases where wpa_supplicant and madwifi driver ended up in
69 loop where the driver did not even try to associate
70 * stop EAPOL timer tick when no timers are in use in order to reduce
71 power consumption (no need to wake up the process once per second)
73 * added support for privilege separation (run only minimal part of
74 wpa_supplicant functionality as root and rest as unprivileged,
75 non-root process); see 'Privilege separation' in README for details;
76 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with CONFIG_PRIVSEP=y
78 * changed scan results data structure to include all information
79 elements to make it easier to support new IEs; old get_scan_result()
80 driver_ops is still supported for backwards compatibility (results
81 are converted internally to the new format), but all drivers should
82 start using the new get_scan_results2() to make them more likely to
83 work with new features
84 * Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory) is now native Qt4
85 application, i.e., it does not require Qt3Support anymore; Windows
86 binary of wpa_gui.exe is now from this directory and only requires
87 QtCore4.dll and QtGui4.dll libraries
88 * updated Windows binary build to use Qt 4.3.3 and made Qt DLLs
89 available as a separate package to make wpa_gui installation easier:
90 http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/qt4/wpa_gui-qt433-windows-dll.zip
91 * added support for EAP-IKEv2 (draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15.txt);
92 only shared key/password authentication is supported in this version
95 * added support for configuring password as NtPasswordHash
96 (16-byte MD4 hash of password) in hash:<32 hex digits> format
97 * added support for fallback from abbreviated TLS handshake to
98 full handshake when using EAP-FAST (e.g., due to an expired
100 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
101 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-07.txt)
102 * added support for drivers that take care of RSN 4-way handshake
103 internally (WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_4WAY_HANDSHAKE in get_capa flags and
104 WPA_ALG_PMK in set_key)
105 * added an experimental port for Mac OS X (CONFIG_DRIVER_OSX=y in
106 .config); this version supports only ap_scan=2 mode and allow the
107 driver to take care of the 4-way handshake
108 * fixed a buffer overflow in parsing TSF from scan results when using
109 driver_wext.c with a driver that includes the TSF (e.g., iwl4965)
111 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D8.0
112 * fixed an integer overflow issue in the ASN.1 parser used by the
113 (experimental) internal TLS implementation to avoid a potential
115 * fixed a race condition with -W option (wait for a control interface
116 monitor before starting) that could have caused the first messages to
118 * added support for processing TNCC-TNCS-Messages to report
119 recommendation (allow/none/isolate) when using TNC [Bug 243]
122 * added network configuration parameter 'frequency' for setting
123 initial channel for IBSS (adhoc) networks
124 * added experimental IEEE 802.11r/D6.0 support
125 * updated EAP-SAKE to RFC 4763 and the IANA-allocated EAP type 48
126 * updated EAP-PSK to use the IANA-allocated EAP type 47
127 * fixed EAP-PAX key derivation
128 * fixed EAP-PSK bit ordering of the Flags field
129 * fixed EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST to use the correct EAP identifier in
130 tunnelled identity request (previously, the identifier from the outer
131 method was used, not the tunnelled identifier which could be
133 * added support for fragmentation of outer TLS packets during Phase 2
134 of EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST
135 * fixed EAP-TTLS AVP parser processing for too short AVP lengths
136 * added support for EAP-FAST authentication with inner methods that
137 generate MSK (e.g., EAP-MSCHAPv2 that was previously only supported
138 for PAC provisioning)
139 * added support for authenticated EAP-FAST provisioning
140 * added support for configuring maximum number of EAP-FAST PACs to
141 store in a PAC list (fast_max_pac_list_len=<max> in phase1 string)
142 * added support for storing EAP-FAST PACs in binary format
143 (fast_pac_format=binary in phase1 string)
144 * fixed dbus ctrl_iface to validate message interface before
145 dispatching to avoid a possible segfault [Bug 190]
146 * fixed PeerKey key derivation to use the correct PRF label
147 * updated Windows binary build to link against OpenSSL 0.9.8d and
148 added support for EAP-FAST
149 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
150 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-04.txt)
151 * fixed EAP-AKA Notification processing to allow Notification to be
152 processed after AKA Challenge response has been sent
153 * updated to use IEEE 802.11w/D2.0 for management frame protection
155 * fixed EAP-TTLS implementation not to crash on use of freed memory
156 if TLS library initialization fails
157 * added support for EAP-TNC (Trusted Network Connect)
158 (this version implements the EAP-TNC method and EAP-TTLS changes
159 needed to run two methods in sequence (IF-T) and the IF-IMC and
160 IF-TNCCS interfaces from TNCC)
163 * added experimental, integrated TLSv1 client implementation with the
164 needed X.509/ASN.1/RSA/bignum processing (this can be enabled by
165 setting CONFIG_TLS=internal and CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH=y in
166 .config); this can be useful, e.g., if the target system does not
167 have a suitable TLS library and a minimal code size is required
168 (total size of this internal TLS/crypto code is bit under 50 kB on
169 x86 and the crypto code is shared by rest of the supplicant so some
170 of it was already required; TLSv1/X.509/ASN.1/RSA added about 25 kB)
171 * removed STAKey handshake since PeerKey handshake has replaced it in
172 IEEE 802.11ma and there are no known deployments of STAKey
173 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
174 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-01.txt)
175 * added preliminary implementation of IEEE 802.11w/D1.0 (management
177 (Note: this requires driver support to work properly.)
178 (Note2: IEEE 802.11w is an unapproved draft and subject to change.)
179 * fixed Windows named pipes ctrl_iface to not stop listening for
180 commands if client program opens a named pipe and closes it
181 immediately without sending a command
182 * fixed USIM PIN status determination for the case that PIN is not
183 needed (this allows EAP-AKA to be used with USIM cards that do not
185 * added support for reading 3G USIM AID from EF_DIR to allow EAP-AKA to
186 be used with cards that do not support file selection based on
188 * added support for matching the subjectAltName of the authentication
189 server certificate against multiple name components (e.g.,
190 altsubject_match="DNS:server.example.com;DNS:server2.example.com")
191 * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA key derivation for re-authentication case (only
192 affects IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP keys)
193 * changed ctrl_iface network configuration 'get' operations to not
194 return password/key material; if these fields are requested, "*"
195 will be returned if the password/key is set, but the value of the
196 parameter is not exposed
199 * added support for building Windows version with UNICODE defined
200 (wide-char functions)
201 * driver_ndis: fixed static WEP configuration to avoid race condition
202 issues with some NDIS drivers between association and setting WEP
204 * driver_ndis: added validation for IELength value in scan results to
205 avoid crashes when using buggy NDIS drivers [Bug 165]
206 * fixed Release|Win32 target in the Visual Studio project files
207 (previously, only Debug|Win32 target was set properly)
208 * changed control interface API call wpa_ctrl_pending() to allow it to
209 return -1 on error (e.g., connection lost); control interface clients
210 will need to make sure that they verify that the value is indeed >0
211 when determining whether there are pending messages
212 * added an alternative control interface backend for Windows targets:
213 Named Pipe (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=named_pipe); this is now the default
214 control interface mechanism for Windows builds (previously, UDP to
216 * changed ctrl_interface configuration for UNIX domain sockets:
217 - deprecated ctrl_interface_group variable (it may be removed in
219 - allow both directory and group be configured with ctrl_interface
220 in following format: DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
221 - ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant is still supported for the
222 case when group is not changed
223 * added support for controlling more than one interface per process in
225 * added a workaround for a case where the AP is using unknown address
226 (e.g., MAC address of the wired interface) as the source address for
227 EAPOL-Key frames; previously, that source address was used as the
228 destination for EAPOL-Key frames and in key derivation; now, BSSID is
229 used even if the source address does not match with it
230 (this resolves an interoperability issue with Thomson SpeedTouch 580)
231 * added a workaround for UDP-based control interface (which was used in
232 Windows builds before this release) to prevent packets with forged
233 addresses from being accepted as local control requests
234 * removed ndis_events.cpp and possibility of using external
235 ndis_events.exe; C version (ndis_events.c) is fully functional and
236 there is no desire to maintain two separate versions of this
238 * ndis_events: Changed NDIS event notification design to use WMI to
239 learn the adapter description through Win32_PnPEntity class; this
240 should fix some cases where the adapter name was not recognized
241 correctly (e.g., with some USB WLAN adapters, e.g., Ralink RT2500
243 * fixed selection of the first network in ap_scan=2 mode; previously,
244 wpa_supplicant could get stuck in SCANNING state when only the first
245 network for enabled (e.g., after 'wpa_cli select_network 0')
246 * winsvc: added support for configuring ctrl_interface parameters in
247 registry (ctrl_interface string value in
248 HKLM\SOFTWARE\wpa_supplicant\interfaces\0000 key); this new value is
249 required to enable control interface (previously, this was hardcoded
251 * allow wpa_gui subdirectory to be built with both Qt3 and Qt4
252 * converted wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory to use Qt4 specific project format
255 * fixed build with CONFIG_STAKEY=y [Bug 143]
256 * added support for doing MLME (IEEE 802.11 management frame
257 processing) in wpa_supplicant when using Devicescape IEEE 802.11
258 stack (wireless-dev.git tree)
259 * added a new network block configuration option, fragment_size, to
260 configure the maximum EAP fragment size
261 * driver_ndis: Disable WZC automatically for the selected interface to
262 avoid conflicts with two programs trying to control the radio; WZC
263 will be re-enabled (if it was enabled originally) when wpa_supplicant
265 * added an experimental TLSv1 client implementation
266 (CONFIG_TLS=internal) that can be used instead of an external TLS
267 library, e.g., to reduce total size requirement on systems that do
268 not include any TLS library by default (this is not yet complete;
269 basic functionality is there, but certificate validation is not yet
271 * added PeerKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
272 direct link setup (DLS) to replace STAKey handshake
273 * fixed WPA PSK update through ctrl_iface for the case where the old
274 PSK was derived from an ASCII passphrase and the new PSK is set as
275 a raw PSK (hex string)
276 * added new configuration option for identifying which network block
277 was used (id_str in wpa_supplicant.conf; included on
278 WPA_EVENT_CONNECT monitor event and as WPA_ID_STR environmental
279 variable in wpa_cli action scripts; in addition WPA_ID variable is
280 set to the current unique identifier that wpa_supplicant assigned
281 automatically for the network and that can be used with
282 GET_NETWORK/SET_NETWORK ctrl_iface commands)
283 * wpa_cli action script is now called only when the connect/disconnect
284 status changes or when associating with a different network
285 * fixed configuration parser not to remove CCMP from group cipher list
286 if WPA-None (adhoc) is used (pairwise=NONE in that case)
287 * fixed integrated NDIS events processing not to hang the process due
288 to a missed change in eloop_win.c API in v0.5.3 [Bug 155]
289 * added support for EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK,
290 draft-clancy-emu-eap-shared-secret-00.txt)
291 * added Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 solution and project files for
292 build wpa_supplicant for Windows (see vs2005 subdirectory)
293 * eloop_win: fixed unregistration of Windows events
294 * l2_packet_winpcap: fixed a deadlock in deinitializing l2_packet
295 at the end of RSN pre-authentication and added unregistration of
296 a Windows event to avoid getting eloop_win stuck with an invalid
298 * driver_ndis: added support for selecting AP based on BSSID
299 * added new environmental variable for wpa_cli action scripts:
300 WPA_CTRL_DIR is the current control interface directory
301 * driver_ndis: added support for using NDISUIO instead of WinPcap for
302 OID set/query operations (CONFIG_USE_NDISUIO=y in .config); with new
303 l2_packet_ndis (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=ndis), this can be used to build
304 wpa_supplicant without requiring WinPcap; note that using NDISUIO
305 requires that WZC is disabled (net stop wzcsvc) since NDISUIO allows
306 only one application to open the device
307 * changed NDIS driver naming to only include device GUID, e.g.,
308 {7EE3EFE5-C165-472F-986D-F6FBEDFE8C8D}, instead of including WinPcap
309 specific \Device\NPF_ prefix before the GUID; the prefix is still
310 allowed for backwards compatibility, but it is not required anymore
311 when specifying the interface
312 * driver_ndis: re-initialize driver interface is the adapter is removed
313 and re-inserted [Bug 159]
314 * driver_madwifi: fixed TKIP and CCMP sequence number configuration on
315 big endian hosts [Bug 146]
318 * fixed EAP-GTC response to include correct user identity when run as
319 phase 2 method of EAP-FAST (i.e., EAP-FAST did not work in v0.5.2)
320 * driver_ndis: Fixed encryption mode configuration for unencrypted
321 networks (some NDIS drivers ignored this, but others, e.g., Broadcom,
322 refused to associate with open networks) [Bug 106]
323 * driver_ndis: use BSSID OID polling to detect when IBSS network is
324 formed even when ndis_events code is included since some NDIS drivers
325 do not generate media connect events in IBSS mode
326 * config_winreg: allow global ctrl_interface parameter to be configured
328 * config_winreg: added support for saving configuration data into
330 * added support for controlling network device operational state
331 (dormant/up) for Linux 2.6.17 to improve DHCP processing (see
332 http://www.flamewarmaster.de/software/dhcpclient/ for a DHCP client
333 that can use this information)
334 * driver_wext: added support for WE-21 change to SSID configuration
335 * driver_wext: fixed privacy configuration for static WEP keys mode
337 * added an optional driver_ops callback for MLME-SETPROTECTION.request
339 * added support for EAP-SAKE (no EAP method number allocated yet, so
340 this is using the same experimental type 255 as EAP-PSK)
341 * added support for dynamically loading EAP methods (.so files) instead
342 of requiring them to be statically linked in; this is disabled by
343 default (see CONFIG_DYNAMIC_EAP_METHODS in defconfig for information
347 * do not try to use USIM APDUs when initializing PC/SC for SIM card
348 access for a network that has not enabled EAP-AKA
349 * fixed EAP phase 2 Nak for EAP-{PEAP,TTLS,FAST} (this was broken in
350 v0.5.1 due to the new support for expanded EAP types)
351 * added support for generating EAP Expanded Nak
352 * try to fetch scan results once before requesting new scan when
353 starting up in ap_scan=1 mode (this can speed up initial association
354 a lot with, e.g., madwifi-ng driver)
355 * added support for receiving EAPOL frames from a Linux bridge
356 interface (-bbr0 on command line)
357 * fixed EAPOL re-authentication for sessions that used PMKSA caching
358 * changed EAP method registration to use a dynamic list of methods
359 instead of a static list generated at build time
360 * fixed PMKSA cache deinitialization not to use freed memory when
361 removing PMKSA entries
362 * fixed a memory leak in EAP-TTLS re-authentication
363 * reject WPA/WPA2 message 3/4 if it does not include any valid
365 * driver_wext: added fallback to use SIOCSIWENCODE for setting auth_alg
366 if the driver does not support SIOCSIWAUTH
369 * driver_test: added better support for multiple APs and STAs by using
370 a directory with sockets that include MAC address for each device in
371 the name (driver_param=test_dir=/tmp/test)
372 * added support for EAP expanded type (vendor specific EAP methods)
373 * added AP_SCAN command into ctrl_iface so that ap_scan configuration
374 option can be changed if needed
375 * wpa_cli/wpa_gui: skip non-socket files in control directory when
376 using UNIX domain sockets; this avoids selecting an incorrect
377 interface (e.g., a PID file could be in this directory, even though
378 use of this directory for something else than socket files is not
380 * fixed TLS library deinitialization after RSN pre-authentication not
381 to disable TLS library for normal authentication
382 * driver_wext: Remove null-termination from SSID length if the driver
383 used it; some Linux drivers do this and they were causing problems in
384 wpa_supplicant not finding matching configuration block. This change
385 would break a case where the SSID actually ends in '\0', but that is
386 not likely to happen in real use.
387 * fixed PMKSA cache processing not to trigger deauthentication if the
388 current PMKSA cache entry is replaced with a valid new entry
389 * fixed PC/SC initialization for ap_scan != 1 modes (this fixes
390 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA with real SIM/USIM card when using ap_scan=0 or
393 2005-12-18 - v0.5.0 (beginning of 0.5.x development releases)
394 * added experimental STAKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
395 direct link setup (DLS); note: this is disabled by default in both
396 build and runtime configuration (can be enabled with CONFIG_STAKEY=y
398 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA pseudonym and fast re-authentication to
399 decrypt AT_ENCR_DATA attributes correctly
400 * fixed EAP-AKA to allow resynchronization within the same session
401 * made code closer to ANSI C89 standard to make it easier to port to
402 other C libraries and compilers
403 * started moving operating system or C library specific functions into
404 wrapper functions defined in os.h and implemented in os_*.c to make
406 * wpa_supplicant can now be built with Microsoft Visual C++
407 (e.g., with the freely available Toolkit 2003 version or Visual
408 C++ 2005 Express Edition and Platform SDK); see nmake.mak for an
409 example makefile for nmake
410 * added support for using Windows registry for command line parameters
411 (CONFIG_MAIN=main_winsvc) and configuration data
412 (CONFIG_BACKEND=winreg); see win_example.reg for an example registry
413 contents; this version can be run both as a Windows service and as a
414 normal application; 'wpasvc.exe app' to start as applicant,
415 'wpasvc.exe reg <full path to wpasvc.exe>' to register a service,
416 'net start wpasvc' to start the service, 'wpasvc.exe unreg' to
418 * made it possible to link ndis_events.exe functionality into
419 wpa_supplicant.exe by defining CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED
420 * added better support for multiple control interface backends
421 (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE option); currently, 'unix' and 'udp' are supported
422 * fixed PC/SC code to use correct length for GSM AUTH command buffer
423 and to not use pioRecvPci with SCardTransmit() calls; these were not
424 causing visible problems with pcsc-lite, but Windows Winscard.dll
425 refused the previously used parameters; this fixes EAP-SIM and
426 EAP-AKA authentication using SIM/USIM card under Windows
427 * added new event loop implementation for Windows using
428 WaitForMultipleObject() instead of select() in order to allow waiting
429 for non-socket objects; this can be selected with
430 CONFIG_ELOOP=eloop_win in .config
431 * added support for selecting l2_packet implementation in .config
432 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET; following options are available now: linux, pcap,
433 winpcap, freebsd, none)
434 * added new l2_packet implementation for WinPcap
435 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=winpcap) that uses a separate receive thread to
436 reduce latency in EAPOL receive processing from about 100 ms to about
438 * added support for EAP-FAST key derivation using other ciphers than
439 RC4-128-SHA for authentication and AES128-SHA for provisioning
440 * added support for configuring CA certificate as DER file and as a
442 * fixed private key configuration as configuration blob and added
443 support for using PKCS#12 as a blob
444 * tls_gnutls: added support for using PKCS#12 files; added support for
446 * added support for loading trusted CA certificates from Windows
447 certificate store: ca_cert="cert_store://<name>", where <name> is
448 likely CA (Intermediate CA certificates) or ROOT (root certificates)
449 * added C version of ndis_events.cpp and made it possible to build this
450 with MinGW so that CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED can be used more
451 easily on cross-compilation builds
452 * added wpasvc.exe into Windows binary release; this is an alternative
453 version of wpa_supplicant.exe with configuration backend using
454 Windows registry and with the entry point designed to run as a
456 * integrated ndis_events.exe functionality into wpa_supplicant.exe and
457 wpasvc.exe and removed this additional tool from the Windows binary
458 release since it is not needed anymore
459 * load winscard.dll functions dynamically when building with MinGW
460 since MinGW does not yet include winscard library
462 2005-11-20 - v0.4.7 (beginning of 0.4.x stable releases)
463 * l2_packet_pcap: fixed wired IEEE 802.1X authentication with libpcap
464 and WinPcap to receive frames sent to PAE group address
465 * disable EAP state machine when IEEE 802.1X authentication is not used
466 in order to get rid of bogus "EAP failed" messages
467 * fixed OpenSSL error reporting to go through all pending errors to
468 avoid confusing reports of old errors being reported at later point
470 * fixed configuration file updating to not write empty variables
471 (e.g., proto or key_mgmt) that the file parser would not accept
472 * fixed ADD_NETWORK ctrl_iface command to use the same default values
473 for variables as empty network definitions read from config file
475 * fixed EAP state machine to not discard EAP-Failure messages in many
476 cases (e.g., during TLS handshake)
477 * fixed a infinite loop in private key reading if the configured file
478 cannot be parsed successfully
479 * driver_madwifi: added support for madwifi-ng
480 * wpa_gui: do not display password/PSK field contents
481 * wpa_gui: added CA certificate configuration
482 * driver_ndis: fixed scan request in ap_scan=2 mode not to change SSID
483 * driver_ndis: include Beacon IEs in AssocInfo in order to notice if
484 the new AP is using different WPA/RSN IE
485 * use longer timeout for IEEE 802.11 association to avoid problems with
486 drivers that may take more than five second to associate
489 * allow fallback to WPA, if mixed WPA+WPA2 networks have mismatch in
490 RSN IE, but WPA IE would match with wpa_supplicant configuration
491 * added support for named configuration blobs in order to avoid having
492 to use file system for external files (e.g., certificates);
493 variables can be set to "blob://<blob name>" instead of file path to
494 use a named blob; supported fields: pac_file, client_cert,
496 * fixed RSN pre-authentication (it was broken in the clean up of WPA
497 state machine interface in v0.4.5)
498 * driver_madwifi: set IEEE80211_KEY_GROUP flag for group keys to make
499 sure the driver configures broadcast decryption correctly
500 * added ca_path (and ca_path2) configuration variables that can be used
501 to configure OpenSSL CA path, e.g., /etc/ssl/certs, for using the
502 system-wide trusted CA list
503 * added support for starting wpa_supplicant without a configuration
504 file (-C argument must be used to set ctrl_interface parameter for
505 this case; in addition, -p argument can be used to provide
506 driver_param; these new arguments can also be used with a
507 configuration to override the values from the configuration)
508 * added global control interface that can be optionally used for adding
509 and removing network interfaces dynamically (-g command line argument
510 for both wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli) without having to restart
511 wpa_supplicant process
513 - try to save configuration whenever something is modified
514 - added WEP key configuration
515 - added possibility to edit the current network configuration
516 * driver_ndis: fixed driver polling not to increase frequency on each
517 received EAPOL frame due to incorrectly cancelled timeout
518 * added simple configuration file examples (in examples subdirectory)
519 * fixed driver_wext.c to filter wireless events based on ifindex to
520 avoid interfaces receiving events from other interfaces
521 * delay sending initial EAPOL-Start couple of seconds to speed up
522 authentication for the most common case of Authenticator starting
523 EAP authentication immediately after association
526 * added a workaround for clearing keys with ndiswrapper to allow
527 roaming from WPA enabled AP to plaintext one
528 * added docbook documentation (doc/docbook) that can be used to
529 generate, e.g., man pages
530 * l2_packet_linux: use socket type SOCK_DGRAM instead of SOCK_RAW for
531 PF_PACKET in order to prepare for network devices that do not use
532 Ethernet headers (e.g., network stack with native IEEE 802.11 frames)
533 * use receipt of EAPOL-Key frame as a lower layer success indication
534 for EAP state machine to allow recovery from dropped EAP-Success
536 * cleaned up internal EAPOL frame processing by not including link
537 layer (Ethernet) header during WPA and EAPOL/EAP processing; this
538 header is added only when transmitted the frame; this makes it easier
539 to use wpa_supplicant on link layers that use different header than
541 * updated EAP-PSK to use draft 9 by default since this can now be
542 tested with hostapd; removed support for draft 3, including
543 server_nai configuration option from network blocks
544 * driver_wired: add PAE address to the multicast address list in order
545 to be able to receive EAPOL frames with drivers that do not include
546 these multicast addresses by default
547 * driver_wext: add support for WE-19
548 * added support for multiple configuration backends (CONFIG_BACKEND
549 option); currently, only 'file' is supported (i.e., the format used
550 in wpa_supplicant.conf)
551 * added support for updating configuration ('wpa_cli save_config');
552 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with global
553 update_config=1 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf; this allows wpa_cli
554 and wpa_gui to store the configuration changes in a permanent store
555 * added GET_NETWORK ctrl_iface command
556 (e.g., 'wpa_cli get_network 0 ssid')
559 * replaced OpenSSL patch for EAP-FAST support
560 (openssl-tls-extensions.patch) with a more generic and correct
561 patch (the new patch is not compatible with the previous one, so the
562 OpenSSL library will need to be patched with the new patch in order
563 to be able to build wpa_supplicant with EAP-FAST support)
564 * added support for using Windows certificate store (through CryptoAPI)
565 for client certificate and private key operations (EAP-TLS)
566 (see wpa_supplicant.conf for more information on how to configure
567 this with private_key)
568 * ported wpa_gui to Windows
569 * added Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 directory); this can be
570 built with the open source version of the Qt4 for Windows
571 * allow non-WPA modes (e.g., IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP) to be used
572 with drivers that do not support WPA
573 * ndis_events: fixed Windows 2000 support
574 * added support for enabling/disabling networks from the list of all
575 configured networks ('wpa_cli enable_network <network id>' and
576 'wpa_cli disable_network <network id>')
577 * added support for adding and removing network from the current
578 configuration ('wpa_cli add_network' and 'wpa_cli remove_network
579 <network id>'); added networks are disabled by default and they can
580 be enabled with enable_network command once the configuration is done
581 for the new network; note: configuration file is not yet updated, so
582 these new networks are lost when wpa_supplicant is restarted
583 * added support for setting network configuration parameters through
584 the control interface, for example:
585 wpa_cli set_network 0 ssid "\"my network\""
586 * fixed parsing of strings that include both " and # within double
587 quoted area (e.g., "start"#end")
588 * added EAP workaround for PEAP session resumption: allow outer,
589 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
590 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
591 (this was allowed for PEAPv1 before, but now it is also allowed for
592 PEAPv0 since at least one RADIUS authentication server seems to be
593 doing this for PEAPv0, too)
594 * wpa_gui: added preliminary support for adding new networks to the
595 wpa_supplicant configuration (double click on the scan results to
596 open network configuration)
599 * removed interface for external EAPOL/EAP supplicant (e.g.,
600 Xsupplicant), (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE) since it is not required
601 anymore and is unlikely to be used by anyone
602 * driver_ndis: fixed WinPcap 3.0 support
603 * fixed build with CONFIG_DNET_PCAP=y on Linux
604 * l2_packet: moved different implementations into separate files
608 * driver_ipw: updated driver structures to match with ipw2200-1.0.4
609 (note: ipw2100-1.1.0 is likely to require an update to work with
611 * added support for using ap_scan=2 mode with multiple network blocks;
612 wpa_supplicant will go through the networks one by one until the
613 driver reports a successful association; this uses the same order for
614 networks as scan_ssid=1 scans, i.e., the priority field is ignored
615 and the network block order in the file is used instead
616 * fixed a potential issue in RSN pre-authentication ending up using
617 freed memory if pre-authentication times out
618 * added support for matching alternative subject name extensions of the
619 authentication server certificate; new configuration variables
620 altsubject_match and altsubject_match2
621 * driver_ndis: added support for IEEE 802.1X authentication with wired
623 * added support for querying private key password (EAP-TLS) through the
624 control interface (wpa_cli/wpa_gui) if one is not included in the
626 * driver_broadcom: fixed couple of memory leaks in scan result
628 * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
629 * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
630 * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
631 * added support for using password with EAP-PAX (as an alternative to
632 entering key with eappsk); SHA-1 hash of the password will be used as
634 * added support for arbitrary driver interface parameters through the
635 configuration file with a new driver_param field; this adds a new
636 driver_ops function set_param()
637 * added possibility to override l2_packet module with driver interface
638 API (new send_eapol handler); this can be used to implement driver
639 specific TX/RX functions for EAPOL frames
640 * fixed ctrl_interface_group processing for the case where gid is
641 entered as a number, not group name
642 * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
643 by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
647 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA/WPA2 mode configuration to allow EAPOL
648 packets to be encrypted; this was apparently broken by the changed
649 ioctl order in v0.4.0
650 * driver_madwifi: added preliminary support for compiling against 'BSD'
651 branch of madwifi CVS tree
652 * added support for EAP-MSCHAPv2 password retries within the same EAP
653 authentication session
654 * added support for password changes with EAP-MSCHAPv2 (used when the
655 password has expired)
656 * added support for reading additional certificates from PKCS#12 files
657 and adding them to the certificate chain
658 * fixed association with IEEE 802.1X (no WPA) when dynamic WEP keys
660 * fixed a possible double free in EAP-TTLS fast-reauthentication when
661 identity or password is entered through control interface
662 * display EAP Notification messages to user through control interface
663 with "CTRL-EVENT-EAP-NOTIFICATION" prefix
664 * added GUI version of wpa_cli, wpa_gui; this is not build
665 automatically with 'make'; use 'make wpa_gui' to build (this requires
666 Qt development tools)
667 * added 'disconnect' command to control interface for setting
668 wpa_supplicant in state where it will not associate before
669 'reassociate' command has been used
670 * added support for selecting a network from the list of all configured
671 networks ('wpa_cli select_network <network id>'; this disabled all
672 other networks; to re-enable, 'wpa_cli select_network any')
673 * added support for getting scan results through control interface
674 * added EAP workaround for PEAPv1 session resumption: allow outer,
675 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
676 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
678 2005-04-25 - v0.4.0 (beginning of 0.4.x development releases)
679 * added a new build time option, CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG, that can be
680 used to reduce the size of the wpa_supplicant considerably if
681 debugging code is not needed
682 * fixed EAPOL-Key validation to drop packets with invalid Key Data
683 Length; such frames could have crashed wpa_supplicant due to buffer
685 * added support for wired authentication (IEEE 802.1X on wired
686 Ethernet); driver interface 'wired'
687 * obsoleted set_wpa() handler in the driver interface API (it can be
688 replaced by moving enable/disable functionality into init()/deinit())
689 (calls to set_wpa() are still present for backwards compatibility,
690 but they may be removed in the future)
691 * driver_madwifi: fixed association in plaintext mode
692 * modified the EAP workaround that accepts EAP-Success with incorrect
693 Identifier to be even less strict about verification in order to
694 interoperate with some authentication servers
695 * added support for sending TLS alerts
696 * added support for 'any' SSID wildcard; if ssid is not configured or
697 is set to an empty string, any SSID will be accepted for non-WPA AP
698 * added support for asking PIN (for SIM) from frontends (e.g.,
699 wpa_cli); if a PIN is needed, but not included in the configuration
700 file, a control interface request is sent and EAP processing is
701 delayed until the PIN is available
702 * added support for using external devices (e.g., a smartcard) for
703 private key operations in EAP-TLS (CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y in .config);
704 new wpa_supplicant.conf variables:
705 - global: opensc_engine_path, pkcs11_engine_path, pkcs11_module_path
706 - network: engine, engine_id, key_id
707 * added experimental support for EAP-PAX
708 * added monitor mode for wpa_cli (-a<path to a program to run>) that
709 allows external commands (e.g., shell scripts) to be run based on
710 wpa_supplicant events, e.g., when authentication has been completed
711 and data connection is ready; other related wpa_cli arguments:
712 -B (run in background), -P (write PID file); wpa_supplicant has a new
713 command line argument (-W) that can be used to make it wait until a
714 control interface command is received in order to avoid missing
716 * added support for opportunistic WPA2 PMKSA key caching (disabled by
717 default, can be enabled with proactive_key_caching=1)
718 * fixed RSN IE in 4-Way Handshake message 2/4 for the case where
719 Authenticator rejects PMKSA caching attempt and the driver is not
720 using assoc_info events
721 * added -P<pid file> argument for wpa_supplicant to write the current
722 process id into a file
724 2005-02-12 - v0.3.7 (beginning of 0.3.x stable releases)
725 * added new phase1 option parameter, include_tls_length=1, to force
726 wpa_supplicant to add TLS Message Length field to all TLS messages
727 even if the packet is not fragmented; this may be needed with some
728 authentication servers
729 * fixed WPA/RSN IE verification in message 3 of 4-Way Handshake when
730 using drivers that take care of AP selection (e.g., when using
732 * fixed reprocessing of pending request after ctrl_iface requests for
733 identity/password/otp
734 * fixed ctrl_iface requests for identity/password/otp in Phase 2 of
735 EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS
736 * all drivers using driver_wext: set interface up and select Managed
737 mode when starting wpa_supplicant; set interface down when exiting
738 * renamed driver_ipw2100.c to driver_ipw.c since it now supports both
739 ipw2100 and ipw2200; please note that this also changed the
740 configuration variable in .config to CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW
743 * fixed a busy loop introduced in v0.3.5 for scan result processing
744 when no matching AP is found
747 * added a workaround for an interoperability issue with a Cisco AP
749 * fixed non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to use the same authentication timeout as
750 WPA with IEEE 802.1X (i.e., timeout 10 -> 70 sec to allow
751 retransmission of dropped frames)
752 * fixed issues with 64-bit CPUs and SHA1 cleanup in previous version
753 (e.g., segfault when processing EAPOL-Key frames)
754 * fixed EAP workaround and fast reauthentication configuration for
755 RSN pre-authentication; previously these were disabled and
756 pre-authentication would fail if the used authentication server
757 requires EAP workarounds
758 * added support for blacklisting APs that fail or timeout
759 authentication in ap_scan=1 mode so that all APs are tried in cases
760 where the ones with strongest signal level are failing authentication
761 * fixed CA certificate loading after a failed EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
762 authentication attempt
763 * allow EAP-PEAP/TTLS fast reauthentication only if Phase 2 succeeded
764 in the previous authentication (previously, only Phase 1 success was
768 * added preliminary support for IBSS (ad-hoc) mode configuration
769 (mode=1 in network block); this included a new key_mgmt mode
770 WPA-NONE, i.e., TKIP or CCMP with a fixed key (based on psk) and no
771 key management; see wpa_supplicant.conf for more details and an
772 example on how to configure this (note: this is currently implemented
773 only for driver_hostapd.c, but the changes should be trivial to add
774 in associate() handler for other drivers, too (assuming the driver
776 * added preliminary port for native Windows (i.e., no cygwin) using
780 * added optional support for GNU Readline and History Libraries for
781 wpa_cli (CONFIG_READLINE)
782 * cleaned up EAP state machine <-> method interface and number of
783 small problems with error case processing not terminating on
784 EAP-Failure but waiting for timeout
785 * added couple of workarounds for interoperability issues with a
786 Cisco AP when using WPA2
787 * added support for EAP-FAST (draft-cam-winget-eap-fast-00.txt);
788 Note: This requires a patch for openssl to add support for TLS
789 extensions and number of workarounds for operations without
790 certificates. Proof of concept type of experimental patch is
791 included in openssl-tls-extensions.patch.
794 * fixed private key loading for cases where passphrase is not set
795 * fixed Windows/cygwin L2 packet handler freeing; previous version
796 could cause a segfault when RSN pre-authentication was completed
797 * added support for PMKSA caching with drivers that generate RSN IEs
798 (e.g., NDIS); currently, this is only implemented in driver_ndis.c,
799 but similar code can be easily added to driver_ndiswrapper.c once
800 ndiswrapper gets full support for RSN PMKSA caching
801 * improved recovery from PMKID mismatches by requesting full EAP
802 authentication in case of failed PMKSA caching attempt
803 * driver_ndis: added support for NDIS NdisMIncidateStatus() events
804 (this requires that ndis_events is ran while wpa_supplicant is
806 * driver_ndis: use ADD_WEP/REMOVE_WEP when configuring WEP keys
807 * added support for driver interfaces to replace the interface name
808 based on driver/OS specific mapping, e.g., in case of driver_ndis,
809 this allows the beginning of the adapter description to be used as
811 * added support for CR+LF (Windows-style) line ends in configuration
813 * driver_ndis: enable radio before starting scanning, disable radio
815 * modified association event handler to set portEnabled = FALSE before
816 clearing port Valid in order to reset EAP state machine and avoid
817 problems with new authentication getting ignored because of state
818 machines ending up in AUTHENTICATED/SUCCESS state based on old
820 * added support for driver events to add PMKID candidates in order to
821 allow drivers to give priority to most likely roaming candidates
822 * driver_hostap: moved PrivacyInvoked configuration to associate()
823 function so that this will not be set for plaintext connections
824 * added KEY_MGMT_802_1X_NO_WPA as a new key_mgmt type so that driver
825 interface can distinguish plaintext and IEEE 802.1X (no WPA)
827 * fixed static WEP key configuration to use broadcast/default type for
828 all keys (previously, the default TX key was configured as pairwise/
830 * driver_ndis: added legacy WPA capability detection for non-WPA2
832 * added support for setting static WEP keys for IEEE 802.1X without
833 dynamic WEP keying (eapol_flags=0)
836 * added support for reading PKCS#12 (PFX) files (as a replacement for
837 PEM/DER) to get certificate and private key (CONFIG_PKCS12)
838 * fixed compilation with CONFIG_PCSC=y
839 * added new ap_scan mode, ap_scan=2, for drivers that take care of
840 association, but need to be configured with security policy and SSID,
841 e.g., ndiswrapper and NDIS driver; this mode should allow such
842 drivers to work with hidden SSIDs and optimized roaming; when
843 ap_scan=2 is used, only the first network block in the configuration
844 file is used and this configuration should have explicit security
845 policy (i.e., only one option in the lists) for key_mgmt, pairwise,
846 group, proto variables
847 * added experimental port of wpa_supplicant for Windows
848 - driver_ndis.c driver interface (NDIS OIDs)
849 - currently, this requires cygwin and WinPcap
850 - small utility, win_if_list, can be used to get interface name
851 * control interface can now be removed at build time; add
852 CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y to .config to maintain old functionality
853 * optional Xsupplicant interface can now be removed at build time;
854 (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE=y in .config to bring it back)
855 * added auth_alg to driver interface associate() parameters to make it
856 easier for drivers to configure authentication algorithm as part of
859 2004-12-05 - v0.3.0 (beginning of 0.3.x development releases)
860 * driver_broadcom: added new driver interface for Broadcom wl.o driver
861 (a generic driver for Broadcom IEEE 802.11a/g cards)
862 * wpa_cli: fixed parsing of -p <path> command line argument
863 * PEAPv1: fixed tunneled EAP-Success reply handling to reply with TLS
864 ACK, not tunneled EAP-Success (of which only the first byte was
865 actually send due to a bug in previous code); this seems to
866 interoperate with most RADIUS servers that implements PEAPv1
867 * PEAPv1: added support for terminating PEAP authentication on tunneled
868 EAP-Success message; this can be configured by adding
869 peap_outer_success=0 on phase1 parameters in wpa_supplicant.conf
870 (some RADIUS servers require this whereas others require a tunneled
872 * PEAPv1: changed phase1 option peaplabel to use default to 0, i.e., to
873 the old label for key derivation; previously, the default was 1,
874 but it looks like most existing PEAPv1 implementations use the old
875 label which is thus more suitable default option
876 * added support for EAP-PSK (draft-bersani-eap-psk-03.txt)
877 * fixed parsing of wep_tx_keyidx
878 * added support for configuring list of allowed Phase 2 EAP types
879 (for both EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS) instead of only one type
880 * added support for configuring IEEE 802.11 authentication algorithm
881 (auth_alg; mainly for using Shared Key authentication with static
883 * added support for EAP-AKA (with UMTS SIM)
884 * fixed couple of errors in PCSC handling that could have caused
885 random-looking errors for EAP-SIM
886 * added support for EAP-SIM pseudonyms and fast re-authentication
887 * added support for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS fast re-authentication (TLS
889 * added support for EAP-SIM with two challanges
890 (phase1="sim_min_num_chal=3" can be used to require three challenges)
891 * added support for configuring DH/DSA parameters for an ephemeral DH
892 key exchange (EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS) using new configuration parameters
893 dh_file and dh_file2 (phase 2); this adds support for using DSA keys
894 and optional DH key exchange to achieve forward secracy with RSA keys
895 * added support for matching subject of the authentication server
896 certificate with a substring when using EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS; new
897 configuration variables subject_match and subject_match2
898 * changed SSID configuration in driver_wext.c (used by many driver
899 interfaces) to use ssid_len+1 as the length for SSID since some Linux
901 * fixed couple of unaligned reads in scan result parsing to fix WPA
902 connection on some platforms (e.g., ARM)
903 * added driver interface for Intel ipw2100 driver
904 * added support for LEAP with WPA
905 * added support for larger scan results report (old limit was 4 kB of
906 data, i.e., about 35 or so APs) when using Linux wireless extensions
908 * fixed a bug in PMKSA cache processing: skip sending of EAPOL-Start
909 only if there is a PMKSA cache entry for the current AP
910 * fixed error handling for case where reading of scan results fails:
911 must schedule a new scan or wpa_supplicant will remain waiting
913 * changed debug output to remove shared password/key material by
914 default; all key information can be included with -K command line
915 argument to match the previous behavior
916 * added support for timestamping debug log messages (disabled by
917 default, can be enabled with -t command line argument)
918 * set pairwise/group cipher suite for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to WEP-104
919 if keys are not configured to be used; this fixes IEEE 802.1X mode
920 with drivers that use this information to configure whether Privacy
921 bit can be in Beacon frames (e.g., ndiswrapper)
922 * avoid clearing driver keys if no keys have been configured since last
923 key clear request; this seems to improve reliability of group key
924 handshake for ndiswrapper & NDIS driver which seems to be suffering
925 of some kind of timing issue when the keys are cleared again after
927 * changed driver interface API:
928 - WPA_SUPPLICANT_DRIVER_VERSION define can be used to determine which
929 version is being used (now, this is set to 2; previously, it was
931 - pass pointer to private data structure to all calls
932 - the new API is not backwards compatible; all in-tree driver
933 interfaces has been converted to the new API
934 * added support for controlling multiple interfaces (radios) per
935 wpa_supplicant process; each interface needs to be listed on the
936 command line (-c, -i, -D arguments) with -N as a separator
937 (-cwpa1.conf -iwlan0 -Dhostap -N -cwpa2.conf -iath0 -Dmadwifi)
938 * added a workaround for EAP servers that incorrectly use same Id for
939 sequential EAP packets
940 * changed libpcap/libdnet configuration to use .config variable,
941 CONFIG_DNET_PCAP, instead of requiring Makefile modification
942 * improved downgrade attack detection in IE verification of msg 3/4:
943 verify both WPA and RSN IEs, if present, not only the selected one;
944 reject the AP if an RSN IE is found in msg 3/4, but not in Beacon or
945 Probe Response frame, and RSN is enabled in wpa_supplicant
947 * fixed WPA msg 3/4 processing to allow Key Data field contain other
948 IEs than just one WPA IE
949 * added support for FreeBSD and driver interface for the BSD net80211
950 layer (CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=y in .config); please note that some of the
951 required kernel mods have not yet been committed
952 * made EAP workarounds configurable; enabled by default, can be
953 disabled with network block option eap_workaround=0
955 2004-07-17 - v0.2.4 (beginning of 0.2.x stable releases)
956 * resolved couple of interoperability issues with EAP-PEAPv1 and
957 Phase 2 (inner EAP) fragment reassembly
958 * driver_madwifi: fixed WEP key configuration for IEEE 802.1X when the
959 AP is using non-zero key index for the unicast key and key index zero
960 for the broadcast key
961 * driver_hostap: fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key updates and
962 re-authentication by allowing unencrypted EAPOL frames when not using
964 * added a new driver interface, 'wext', which uses only standard,
965 driver independent functionality in Linux wireless extensions;
966 currently, this can be used only for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode, but
967 eventually, this is to be extended to support full WPA/WPA2 once
968 Linux wireless extensions get support for this
969 * added support for mode in which the driver is responsible for AP
970 scanning and selection; this is disabled by default and can be
971 enabled with global ap_scan=0 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf;
972 this mode can be used, e.g., with generic 'wext' driver interface to
973 use wpa_supplicant as IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with any Linux driver
974 supporting wireless extensions.
975 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA2 configuration and scan_ssid=1 (e.g.,
976 operation with an AP that does not include SSID in the Beacon frames)
977 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
978 EAP-TTLS/EAP-OTP, EAP-PEAPv0/OTP, EAP-PEAPv1/OTP, EAP-OTP
979 * added support for asking one-time-passwords from frontends (e.g.,
980 wpa_cli); this 'otp' command works otherwise like 'password' command,
981 but the password is used only once and the frontend will be asked for
982 a new password whenever a request from authenticator requires a
983 password; this can be used with both EAP-OTP and EAP-GTC
984 * changed wpa_cli to automatically re-establish connection so that it
985 does not need to be re-started when wpa_supplicant is terminated and
987 * improved user data (identity/password/otp) requests through
988 frontends: process pending EAPOL packets after getting new
989 information so that full authentication does not need to be
990 restarted; in addition, send pending requests again whenever a new
992 * changed control frontends to use a new directory for socket files to
993 make it easier for wpa_cli to automatically select between interfaces
994 and to provide access control for the control interface;
995 wpa_supplicant.conf: ctrl_interface is now a path
996 (/var/run/wpa_supplicant is the recommended path) and
997 ctrl_interface_group can be used to select which group gets access to
998 the control interface;
999 wpa_cli: by default, try to connect to the first interface available
1000 in /var/run/wpa_supplicant; this path can be overriden with -p option
1001 and an interface can be selected with -i option (i.e., in most common
1002 cases, wpa_cli does not need to get any arguments)
1003 * added support for LEAP
1004 * added driver interface for Linux ndiswrapper
1005 * added priority option for network blocks in the configuration file;
1006 this allows networks to be grouped based on priority (the scan
1007 results are searched for matches with network blocks in this order)
1010 * sort scan results to improve AP selection
1011 * fixed control interface socket removal for some error cases
1012 * improved scan requesting and authentication timeout
1013 * small improvements/bug fixes for EAP-MSCHAPv2, EAP-PEAP, and
1015 * PEAP version can now be forced with phase1="peapver=<ver>"
1016 (mostly for testing; by default, the highest version supported by
1017 both the Supplicant and Authentication Server is selected
1019 * added support for madwifi driver (Atheros ar521x)
1020 * added a workaround for cases where AP sets Install Tx/Rx bit for
1021 WPA Group Key messages when pairwise keys are used (without this,
1022 the Group Key would be used for Tx and the AP would drop frames
1024 * added GSM SIM/USIM interface for GSM authentication algorithm for
1025 EAP-SIM; this requires pcsc-lite
1026 * added support for ATMEL AT76C5XXx driver
1027 * fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key derivation in the case where Authenticator
1028 does not include key data in the EAPOL-Key frame (i.e., part of
1029 EAP keying material is used as data encryption key)
1030 * added support for using plaintext and static WEP networks
1034 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
1035 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MD5-Challenge
1037 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MSCHAPv2
1045 EAP-PEAP/MD5-Challenge
1047 EAP-SIM (not yet complete; needs GSM/SIM authentication interface)
1048 * added support for anonymous identity (to be used when identity is
1049 sent in plaintext; real identity will be used within TLS protected
1050 tunnel (e.g., with EAP-TTLS)
1051 * added event messages from wpa_supplicant to frontends, e.g., wpa_cli
1052 * added support for requesting identity and password information using
1053 control interface; in other words, the password for EAP-PEAP or
1054 EAP-TTLS does not need to be included in the configuration file since
1055 a frontand (e.g., wpa_cli) can ask it from the user
1056 * improved RSN pre-authentication to use a candidate list and process
1057 all candidates from each scan; not only one per scan
1058 * fixed RSN IE and WPA IE capabilities field parsing
1059 * ignore Tx bit in GTK IE when Pairwise keys are used
1060 * avoid making new scan requests during IEEE 802.1X negotiation
1061 * use openssl/libcrypto for MD5 and SHA-1 when compiling wpa_supplicant
1062 with TLS support (this replaces the included implementation with
1063 library code to save about 8 kB since the library code is needed
1065 * fixed WPA-PSK only mode when compiled without IEEE 802.1X support
1066 (i.e., without CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y in .config)
1069 * added support for internal IEEE 802.1X (actually, IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1)
1071 - EAPOL state machines for Supplicant [IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1]
1072 - EAP peer state machine [draft-ietf-eap-statemachine-02.pdf]
1073 - EAP-MD5 (cannot be used with WPA-RADIUS)
1074 [draft-ietf-eap-rfc2284bis-09.txt]
1075 - EAP-TLS [RFC 2716]
1076 - EAP-MSCHAPv2 (currently used only with EAP-PEAP)
1077 - EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2 [draft-josefsson-pppext-eap-tls-eap-07.txt]
1078 [draft-kamath-pppext-eap-mschapv2-00.txt]
1079 (PEAP version 0, 1, and parts of 2; only 0 and 1 are enabled by
1080 default; tested with FreeRADIUS, Microsoft IAS, and Funk Odyssey)
1081 - new configuration file options: eap, identity, password, ca_cert,
1082 client_cert, privatekey, private_key_passwd
1083 - Xsupplicant is not required anymore, but it can be used by
1084 disabling the internal IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with -e command line
1086 - this code is not included in the default build; Makefile need to
1087 be edited for this (uncomment lines for selected functionality)
1088 - EAP-TLS and EAP-PEAP require openssl libraries
1089 * use module prefix in debug messages (WPA, EAP, EAP-TLS, ..)
1090 * added support for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode with dynamic WEP keys
1091 (i.e., complete IEEE 802.1X/EAP authentication and use IEEE 802.1X
1092 EAPOL-Key frames instead of WPA key handshakes)
1093 * added support for IEEE 802.11i/RSN (WPA2)
1094 - improved PTK Key Handshake
1095 - PMKSA caching, pre-authentication
1096 * fixed wpa_supplicant to ignore possible extra data after WPA
1097 EAPOL-Key packets (this fixes 'Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using
1098 TPTK' error from message 3 of 4-Way Handshake in case the AP
1099 includes extra data after the EAPOL-Key)
1100 * added interface for external programs (frontends) to control
1102 - CLI example (wpa_cli) with interactive mode and command line
1104 - replaced SIGUSR1 status/statistics with the new control interface
1105 * made some feature compile time configurable
1106 - .config file for make
1107 - driver interfaces (hostap, hermes, ..)
1108 - EAPOL/EAP functions
1111 * Initial version of wpa_supplicant
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