1 ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant
4 * added support for EAP Sequences in EAP-FAST Phase 2
5 * added support for using TNC with EAP-FAST
6 * added driver_ps3 for the PS3 Linux wireless driver
7 * added support for optional cryptobinding with PEAPv0
10 * removed 'nai' and 'eappsk' network configuration variables that were
11 previously used for configuring user identity and key for EAP-PSK,
12 EAP-PAX, EAP-SAKE, and EAP-GPSK. 'identity' field is now used as the
13 replacement for 'nai' (if old configuration used a separate
14 'identity' value, that would now be configured as
15 'anonymous_identity'). 'password' field is now used as the
16 replacement for 'eappsk' (it can also be set using hexstring to
17 present random binary data)
18 * removed '-w' command line parameter (wait for interface to be added,
19 if needed); cleaner way of handling this functionality is to use an
20 external mechanism (e.g., hotplug scripts) that start wpa_supplicant
21 when an interface is added
22 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D9.0
23 * added ctrl_iface monitor event (CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS) for
24 indicating when new scan results become available
25 * added new ctrl_iface command, BSS, to allow scan results to be
26 fetched without hitting the message size limits (this command
27 can be used to iterate through the scan results one BSS at the time)
28 * fixed EAP-SIM not to include AT_NONCE_MT and AT_SELECTED_VERSION
29 attributes in EAP-SIM Start/Response when using fast reauthentication
30 * fixed EAPOL not to end up in infinite loop when processing dynamic
31 WEP keys with IEEE 802.1X
32 * fixed problems in getting NDIS events from WMI on Windows 2000
35 * added support for Makefile builds to include debug-log-to-a-file
36 functionality (CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y and -f<path> on command line)
37 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA message parser to validate attribute
38 lengths properly to avoid potential crash caused by invalid messages
39 * added data structure for storing allocated buffers (struct wpabuf);
40 this does not affect wpa_supplicant usage, but many of the APIs
41 changed and various interfaces (e.g., EAP) is not compatible with old
43 * added support for protecting EAP-AKA/Identity messages with
44 AT_CHECKCODE (optional feature in RFC 4187)
45 * added support for protected result indication with AT_RESULT_IND for
46 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA (phase1="result_ind=1")
47 * added driver_wext workaround for race condition between scanning and
48 association with drivers that take very long time to scan all
49 channels (e.g., madwifi with dual-band cards); wpa_supplicant is now
50 using a longer hardcoded timeout for the scan if the driver supports
51 notifications for scan completion (SIOCGIWSCAN event); this helps,
52 e.g., in cases where wpa_supplicant and madwifi driver ended up in
53 loop where the driver did not even try to associate
54 * stop EAPOL timer tick when no timers are in use in order to reduce
55 power consumption (no need to wake up the process once per second)
57 * added support for privilege separation (run only minimal part of
58 wpa_supplicant functionality as root and rest as unprivileged,
59 non-root process); see 'Privilege separation' in README for details;
60 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with CONFIG_PRIVSEP=y
62 * changed scan results data structure to include all information
63 elements to make it easier to support new IEs; old get_scan_result()
64 driver_ops is still supported for backwards compatibility (results
65 are converted internally to the new format), but all drivers should
66 start using the new get_scan_results2() to make them more likely to
67 work with new features
68 * Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory) is now native Qt4
69 application, i.e., it does not require Qt3Support anymore; Windows
70 binary of wpa_gui.exe is now from this directory and only requires
71 QtCore4.dll and QtGui4.dll libraries
72 * updated Windows binary build to use Qt 4.3.3 and made Qt DLLs
73 available as a separate package to make wpa_gui installation easier:
74 http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/qt4/wpa_gui-qt433-windows-dll.zip
75 * added support for EAP-IKEv2 (draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15.txt);
76 only shared key/password authentication is supported in this version
79 * added support for configuring password as NtPasswordHash
80 (16-byte MD4 hash of password) in hash:<32 hex digits> format
81 * added support for fallback from abbreviated TLS handshake to
82 full handshake when using EAP-FAST (e.g., due to an expired
84 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
85 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-07.txt)
86 * added support for drivers that take care of RSN 4-way handshake
87 internally (WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_4WAY_HANDSHAKE in get_capa flags and
88 WPA_ALG_PMK in set_key)
89 * added an experimental port for Mac OS X (CONFIG_DRIVER_OSX=y in
90 .config); this version supports only ap_scan=2 mode and allow the
91 driver to take care of the 4-way handshake
92 * fixed a buffer overflow in parsing TSF from scan results when using
93 driver_wext.c with a driver that includes the TSF (e.g., iwl4965)
95 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D8.0
96 * fixed an integer overflow issue in the ASN.1 parser used by the
97 (experimental) internal TLS implementation to avoid a potential
99 * fixed a race condition with -W option (wait for a control interface
100 monitor before starting) that could have caused the first messages to
102 * added support for processing TNCC-TNCS-Messages to report
103 recommendation (allow/none/isolate) when using TNC [Bug 243]
106 * added network configuration parameter 'frequency' for setting
107 initial channel for IBSS (adhoc) networks
108 * added experimental IEEE 802.11r/D6.0 support
109 * updated EAP-SAKE to RFC 4763 and the IANA-allocated EAP type 48
110 * updated EAP-PSK to use the IANA-allocated EAP type 47
111 * fixed EAP-PAX key derivation
112 * fixed EAP-PSK bit ordering of the Flags field
113 * fixed EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST to use the correct EAP identifier in
114 tunnelled identity request (previously, the identifier from the outer
115 method was used, not the tunnelled identifier which could be
117 * added support for fragmentation of outer TLS packets during Phase 2
118 of EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST
119 * fixed EAP-TTLS AVP parser processing for too short AVP lengths
120 * added support for EAP-FAST authentication with inner methods that
121 generate MSK (e.g., EAP-MSCHAPv2 that was previously only supported
122 for PAC provisioning)
123 * added support for authenticated EAP-FAST provisioning
124 * added support for configuring maximum number of EAP-FAST PACs to
125 store in a PAC list (fast_max_pac_list_len=<max> in phase1 string)
126 * added support for storing EAP-FAST PACs in binary format
127 (fast_pac_format=binary in phase1 string)
128 * fixed dbus ctrl_iface to validate message interface before
129 dispatching to avoid a possible segfault [Bug 190]
130 * fixed PeerKey key derivation to use the correct PRF label
131 * updated Windows binary build to link against OpenSSL 0.9.8d and
132 added support for EAP-FAST
133 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
134 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-04.txt)
135 * fixed EAP-AKA Notification processing to allow Notification to be
136 processed after AKA Challenge response has been sent
137 * updated to use IEEE 802.11w/D2.0 for management frame protection
139 * fixed EAP-TTLS implementation not to crash on use of freed memory
140 if TLS library initialization fails
141 * added support for EAP-TNC (Trusted Network Connect)
142 (this version implements the EAP-TNC method and EAP-TTLS changes
143 needed to run two methods in sequence (IF-T) and the IF-IMC and
144 IF-TNCCS interfaces from TNCC)
147 * added experimental, integrated TLSv1 client implementation with the
148 needed X.509/ASN.1/RSA/bignum processing (this can be enabled by
149 setting CONFIG_TLS=internal and CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH=y in
150 .config); this can be useful, e.g., if the target system does not
151 have a suitable TLS library and a minimal code size is required
152 (total size of this internal TLS/crypto code is bit under 50 kB on
153 x86 and the crypto code is shared by rest of the supplicant so some
154 of it was already required; TLSv1/X.509/ASN.1/RSA added about 25 kB)
155 * removed STAKey handshake since PeerKey handshake has replaced it in
156 IEEE 802.11ma and there are no known deployments of STAKey
157 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
158 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-01.txt)
159 * added preliminary implementation of IEEE 802.11w/D1.0 (management
161 (Note: this requires driver support to work properly.)
162 (Note2: IEEE 802.11w is an unapproved draft and subject to change.)
163 * fixed Windows named pipes ctrl_iface to not stop listening for
164 commands if client program opens a named pipe and closes it
165 immediately without sending a command
166 * fixed USIM PIN status determination for the case that PIN is not
167 needed (this allows EAP-AKA to be used with USIM cards that do not
169 * added support for reading 3G USIM AID from EF_DIR to allow EAP-AKA to
170 be used with cards that do not support file selection based on
172 * added support for matching the subjectAltName of the authentication
173 server certificate against multiple name components (e.g.,
174 altsubject_match="DNS:server.example.com;DNS:server2.example.com")
175 * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA key derivation for re-authentication case (only
176 affects IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP keys)
177 * changed ctrl_iface network configuration 'get' operations to not
178 return password/key material; if these fields are requested, "*"
179 will be returned if the password/key is set, but the value of the
180 parameter is not exposed
183 * added support for building Windows version with UNICODE defined
184 (wide-char functions)
185 * driver_ndis: fixed static WEP configuration to avoid race condition
186 issues with some NDIS drivers between association and setting WEP
188 * driver_ndis: added validation for IELength value in scan results to
189 avoid crashes when using buggy NDIS drivers [Bug 165]
190 * fixed Release|Win32 target in the Visual Studio project files
191 (previously, only Debug|Win32 target was set properly)
192 * changed control interface API call wpa_ctrl_pending() to allow it to
193 return -1 on error (e.g., connection lost); control interface clients
194 will need to make sure that they verify that the value is indeed >0
195 when determining whether there are pending messages
196 * added an alternative control interface backend for Windows targets:
197 Named Pipe (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=named_pipe); this is now the default
198 control interface mechanism for Windows builds (previously, UDP to
200 * changed ctrl_interface configuration for UNIX domain sockets:
201 - deprecated ctrl_interface_group variable (it may be removed in
203 - allow both directory and group be configured with ctrl_interface
204 in following format: DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
205 - ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant is still supported for the
206 case when group is not changed
207 * added support for controlling more than one interface per process in
209 * added a workaround for a case where the AP is using unknown address
210 (e.g., MAC address of the wired interface) as the source address for
211 EAPOL-Key frames; previously, that source address was used as the
212 destination for EAPOL-Key frames and in key derivation; now, BSSID is
213 used even if the source address does not match with it
214 (this resolves an interoperability issue with Thomson SpeedTouch 580)
215 * added a workaround for UDP-based control interface (which was used in
216 Windows builds before this release) to prevent packets with forged
217 addresses from being accepted as local control requests
218 * removed ndis_events.cpp and possibility of using external
219 ndis_events.exe; C version (ndis_events.c) is fully functional and
220 there is no desire to maintain two separate versions of this
222 * ndis_events: Changed NDIS event notification design to use WMI to
223 learn the adapter description through Win32_PnPEntity class; this
224 should fix some cases where the adapter name was not recognized
225 correctly (e.g., with some USB WLAN adapters, e.g., Ralink RT2500
227 * fixed selection of the first network in ap_scan=2 mode; previously,
228 wpa_supplicant could get stuck in SCANNING state when only the first
229 network for enabled (e.g., after 'wpa_cli select_network 0')
230 * winsvc: added support for configuring ctrl_interface parameters in
231 registry (ctrl_interface string value in
232 HKLM\SOFTWARE\wpa_supplicant\interfaces\0000 key); this new value is
233 required to enable control interface (previously, this was hardcoded
235 * allow wpa_gui subdirectory to be built with both Qt3 and Qt4
236 * converted wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory to use Qt4 specific project format
239 * fixed build with CONFIG_STAKEY=y [Bug 143]
240 * added support for doing MLME (IEEE 802.11 management frame
241 processing) in wpa_supplicant when using Devicescape IEEE 802.11
242 stack (wireless-dev.git tree)
243 * added a new network block configuration option, fragment_size, to
244 configure the maximum EAP fragment size
245 * driver_ndis: Disable WZC automatically for the selected interface to
246 avoid conflicts with two programs trying to control the radio; WZC
247 will be re-enabled (if it was enabled originally) when wpa_supplicant
249 * added an experimental TLSv1 client implementation
250 (CONFIG_TLS=internal) that can be used instead of an external TLS
251 library, e.g., to reduce total size requirement on systems that do
252 not include any TLS library by default (this is not yet complete;
253 basic functionality is there, but certificate validation is not yet
255 * added PeerKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
256 direct link setup (DLS) to replace STAKey handshake
257 * fixed WPA PSK update through ctrl_iface for the case where the old
258 PSK was derived from an ASCII passphrase and the new PSK is set as
259 a raw PSK (hex string)
260 * added new configuration option for identifying which network block
261 was used (id_str in wpa_supplicant.conf; included on
262 WPA_EVENT_CONNECT monitor event and as WPA_ID_STR environmental
263 variable in wpa_cli action scripts; in addition WPA_ID variable is
264 set to the current unique identifier that wpa_supplicant assigned
265 automatically for the network and that can be used with
266 GET_NETWORK/SET_NETWORK ctrl_iface commands)
267 * wpa_cli action script is now called only when the connect/disconnect
268 status changes or when associating with a different network
269 * fixed configuration parser not to remove CCMP from group cipher list
270 if WPA-None (adhoc) is used (pairwise=NONE in that case)
271 * fixed integrated NDIS events processing not to hang the process due
272 to a missed change in eloop_win.c API in v0.5.3 [Bug 155]
273 * added support for EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK,
274 draft-clancy-emu-eap-shared-secret-00.txt)
275 * added Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 solution and project files for
276 build wpa_supplicant for Windows (see vs2005 subdirectory)
277 * eloop_win: fixed unregistration of Windows events
278 * l2_packet_winpcap: fixed a deadlock in deinitializing l2_packet
279 at the end of RSN pre-authentication and added unregistration of
280 a Windows event to avoid getting eloop_win stuck with an invalid
282 * driver_ndis: added support for selecting AP based on BSSID
283 * added new environmental variable for wpa_cli action scripts:
284 WPA_CTRL_DIR is the current control interface directory
285 * driver_ndis: added support for using NDISUIO instead of WinPcap for
286 OID set/query operations (CONFIG_USE_NDISUIO=y in .config); with new
287 l2_packet_ndis (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=ndis), this can be used to build
288 wpa_supplicant without requiring WinPcap; note that using NDISUIO
289 requires that WZC is disabled (net stop wzcsvc) since NDISUIO allows
290 only one application to open the device
291 * changed NDIS driver naming to only include device GUID, e.g.,
292 {7EE3EFE5-C165-472F-986D-F6FBEDFE8C8D}, instead of including WinPcap
293 specific \Device\NPF_ prefix before the GUID; the prefix is still
294 allowed for backwards compatibility, but it is not required anymore
295 when specifying the interface
296 * driver_ndis: re-initialize driver interface is the adapter is removed
297 and re-inserted [Bug 159]
298 * driver_madwifi: fixed TKIP and CCMP sequence number configuration on
299 big endian hosts [Bug 146]
302 * fixed EAP-GTC response to include correct user identity when run as
303 phase 2 method of EAP-FAST (i.e., EAP-FAST did not work in v0.5.2)
304 * driver_ndis: Fixed encryption mode configuration for unencrypted
305 networks (some NDIS drivers ignored this, but others, e.g., Broadcom,
306 refused to associate with open networks) [Bug 106]
307 * driver_ndis: use BSSID OID polling to detect when IBSS network is
308 formed even when ndis_events code is included since some NDIS drivers
309 do not generate media connect events in IBSS mode
310 * config_winreg: allow global ctrl_interface parameter to be configured
312 * config_winreg: added support for saving configuration data into
314 * added support for controlling network device operational state
315 (dormant/up) for Linux 2.6.17 to improve DHCP processing (see
316 http://www.flamewarmaster.de/software/dhcpclient/ for a DHCP client
317 that can use this information)
318 * driver_wext: added support for WE-21 change to SSID configuration
319 * driver_wext: fixed privacy configuration for static WEP keys mode
321 * added an optional driver_ops callback for MLME-SETPROTECTION.request
323 * added support for EAP-SAKE (no EAP method number allocated yet, so
324 this is using the same experimental type 255 as EAP-PSK)
325 * added support for dynamically loading EAP methods (.so files) instead
326 of requiring them to be statically linked in; this is disabled by
327 default (see CONFIG_DYNAMIC_EAP_METHODS in defconfig for information
331 * do not try to use USIM APDUs when initializing PC/SC for SIM card
332 access for a network that has not enabled EAP-AKA
333 * fixed EAP phase 2 Nak for EAP-{PEAP,TTLS,FAST} (this was broken in
334 v0.5.1 due to the new support for expanded EAP types)
335 * added support for generating EAP Expanded Nak
336 * try to fetch scan results once before requesting new scan when
337 starting up in ap_scan=1 mode (this can speed up initial association
338 a lot with, e.g., madwifi-ng driver)
339 * added support for receiving EAPOL frames from a Linux bridge
340 interface (-bbr0 on command line)
341 * fixed EAPOL re-authentication for sessions that used PMKSA caching
342 * changed EAP method registration to use a dynamic list of methods
343 instead of a static list generated at build time
344 * fixed PMKSA cache deinitialization not to use freed memory when
345 removing PMKSA entries
346 * fixed a memory leak in EAP-TTLS re-authentication
347 * reject WPA/WPA2 message 3/4 if it does not include any valid
349 * driver_wext: added fallback to use SIOCSIWENCODE for setting auth_alg
350 if the driver does not support SIOCSIWAUTH
353 * driver_test: added better support for multiple APs and STAs by using
354 a directory with sockets that include MAC address for each device in
355 the name (driver_param=test_dir=/tmp/test)
356 * added support for EAP expanded type (vendor specific EAP methods)
357 * added AP_SCAN command into ctrl_iface so that ap_scan configuration
358 option can be changed if needed
359 * wpa_cli/wpa_gui: skip non-socket files in control directory when
360 using UNIX domain sockets; this avoids selecting an incorrect
361 interface (e.g., a PID file could be in this directory, even though
362 use of this directory for something else than socket files is not
364 * fixed TLS library deinitialization after RSN pre-authentication not
365 to disable TLS library for normal authentication
366 * driver_wext: Remove null-termination from SSID length if the driver
367 used it; some Linux drivers do this and they were causing problems in
368 wpa_supplicant not finding matching configuration block. This change
369 would break a case where the SSID actually ends in '\0', but that is
370 not likely to happen in real use.
371 * fixed PMKSA cache processing not to trigger deauthentication if the
372 current PMKSA cache entry is replaced with a valid new entry
373 * fixed PC/SC initialization for ap_scan != 1 modes (this fixes
374 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA with real SIM/USIM card when using ap_scan=0 or
377 2005-12-18 - v0.5.0 (beginning of 0.5.x development releases)
378 * added experimental STAKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
379 direct link setup (DLS); note: this is disabled by default in both
380 build and runtime configuration (can be enabled with CONFIG_STAKEY=y
382 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA pseudonym and fast re-authentication to
383 decrypt AT_ENCR_DATA attributes correctly
384 * fixed EAP-AKA to allow resynchronization within the same session
385 * made code closer to ANSI C89 standard to make it easier to port to
386 other C libraries and compilers
387 * started moving operating system or C library specific functions into
388 wrapper functions defined in os.h and implemented in os_*.c to make
390 * wpa_supplicant can now be built with Microsoft Visual C++
391 (e.g., with the freely available Toolkit 2003 version or Visual
392 C++ 2005 Express Edition and Platform SDK); see nmake.mak for an
393 example makefile for nmake
394 * added support for using Windows registry for command line parameters
395 (CONFIG_MAIN=main_winsvc) and configuration data
396 (CONFIG_BACKEND=winreg); see win_example.reg for an example registry
397 contents; this version can be run both as a Windows service and as a
398 normal application; 'wpasvc.exe app' to start as applicant,
399 'wpasvc.exe reg <full path to wpasvc.exe>' to register a service,
400 'net start wpasvc' to start the service, 'wpasvc.exe unreg' to
402 * made it possible to link ndis_events.exe functionality into
403 wpa_supplicant.exe by defining CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED
404 * added better support for multiple control interface backends
405 (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE option); currently, 'unix' and 'udp' are supported
406 * fixed PC/SC code to use correct length for GSM AUTH command buffer
407 and to not use pioRecvPci with SCardTransmit() calls; these were not
408 causing visible problems with pcsc-lite, but Windows Winscard.dll
409 refused the previously used parameters; this fixes EAP-SIM and
410 EAP-AKA authentication using SIM/USIM card under Windows
411 * added new event loop implementation for Windows using
412 WaitForMultipleObject() instead of select() in order to allow waiting
413 for non-socket objects; this can be selected with
414 CONFIG_ELOOP=eloop_win in .config
415 * added support for selecting l2_packet implementation in .config
416 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET; following options are available now: linux, pcap,
417 winpcap, freebsd, none)
418 * added new l2_packet implementation for WinPcap
419 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=winpcap) that uses a separate receive thread to
420 reduce latency in EAPOL receive processing from about 100 ms to about
422 * added support for EAP-FAST key derivation using other ciphers than
423 RC4-128-SHA for authentication and AES128-SHA for provisioning
424 * added support for configuring CA certificate as DER file and as a
426 * fixed private key configuration as configuration blob and added
427 support for using PKCS#12 as a blob
428 * tls_gnutls: added support for using PKCS#12 files; added support for
430 * added support for loading trusted CA certificates from Windows
431 certificate store: ca_cert="cert_store://<name>", where <name> is
432 likely CA (Intermediate CA certificates) or ROOT (root certificates)
433 * added C version of ndis_events.cpp and made it possible to build this
434 with MinGW so that CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED can be used more
435 easily on cross-compilation builds
436 * added wpasvc.exe into Windows binary release; this is an alternative
437 version of wpa_supplicant.exe with configuration backend using
438 Windows registry and with the entry point designed to run as a
440 * integrated ndis_events.exe functionality into wpa_supplicant.exe and
441 wpasvc.exe and removed this additional tool from the Windows binary
442 release since it is not needed anymore
443 * load winscard.dll functions dynamically when building with MinGW
444 since MinGW does not yet include winscard library
446 2005-11-20 - v0.4.7 (beginning of 0.4.x stable releases)
447 * l2_packet_pcap: fixed wired IEEE 802.1X authentication with libpcap
448 and WinPcap to receive frames sent to PAE group address
449 * disable EAP state machine when IEEE 802.1X authentication is not used
450 in order to get rid of bogus "EAP failed" messages
451 * fixed OpenSSL error reporting to go through all pending errors to
452 avoid confusing reports of old errors being reported at later point
454 * fixed configuration file updating to not write empty variables
455 (e.g., proto or key_mgmt) that the file parser would not accept
456 * fixed ADD_NETWORK ctrl_iface command to use the same default values
457 for variables as empty network definitions read from config file
459 * fixed EAP state machine to not discard EAP-Failure messages in many
460 cases (e.g., during TLS handshake)
461 * fixed a infinite loop in private key reading if the configured file
462 cannot be parsed successfully
463 * driver_madwifi: added support for madwifi-ng
464 * wpa_gui: do not display password/PSK field contents
465 * wpa_gui: added CA certificate configuration
466 * driver_ndis: fixed scan request in ap_scan=2 mode not to change SSID
467 * driver_ndis: include Beacon IEs in AssocInfo in order to notice if
468 the new AP is using different WPA/RSN IE
469 * use longer timeout for IEEE 802.11 association to avoid problems with
470 drivers that may take more than five second to associate
473 * allow fallback to WPA, if mixed WPA+WPA2 networks have mismatch in
474 RSN IE, but WPA IE would match with wpa_supplicant configuration
475 * added support for named configuration blobs in order to avoid having
476 to use file system for external files (e.g., certificates);
477 variables can be set to "blob://<blob name>" instead of file path to
478 use a named blob; supported fields: pac_file, client_cert,
480 * fixed RSN pre-authentication (it was broken in the clean up of WPA
481 state machine interface in v0.4.5)
482 * driver_madwifi: set IEEE80211_KEY_GROUP flag for group keys to make
483 sure the driver configures broadcast decryption correctly
484 * added ca_path (and ca_path2) configuration variables that can be used
485 to configure OpenSSL CA path, e.g., /etc/ssl/certs, for using the
486 system-wide trusted CA list
487 * added support for starting wpa_supplicant without a configuration
488 file (-C argument must be used to set ctrl_interface parameter for
489 this case; in addition, -p argument can be used to provide
490 driver_param; these new arguments can also be used with a
491 configuration to override the values from the configuration)
492 * added global control interface that can be optionally used for adding
493 and removing network interfaces dynamically (-g command line argument
494 for both wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli) without having to restart
495 wpa_supplicant process
497 - try to save configuration whenever something is modified
498 - added WEP key configuration
499 - added possibility to edit the current network configuration
500 * driver_ndis: fixed driver polling not to increase frequency on each
501 received EAPOL frame due to incorrectly cancelled timeout
502 * added simple configuration file examples (in examples subdirectory)
503 * fixed driver_wext.c to filter wireless events based on ifindex to
504 avoid interfaces receiving events from other interfaces
505 * delay sending initial EAPOL-Start couple of seconds to speed up
506 authentication for the most common case of Authenticator starting
507 EAP authentication immediately after association
510 * added a workaround for clearing keys with ndiswrapper to allow
511 roaming from WPA enabled AP to plaintext one
512 * added docbook documentation (doc/docbook) that can be used to
513 generate, e.g., man pages
514 * l2_packet_linux: use socket type SOCK_DGRAM instead of SOCK_RAW for
515 PF_PACKET in order to prepare for network devices that do not use
516 Ethernet headers (e.g., network stack with native IEEE 802.11 frames)
517 * use receipt of EAPOL-Key frame as a lower layer success indication
518 for EAP state machine to allow recovery from dropped EAP-Success
520 * cleaned up internal EAPOL frame processing by not including link
521 layer (Ethernet) header during WPA and EAPOL/EAP processing; this
522 header is added only when transmitted the frame; this makes it easier
523 to use wpa_supplicant on link layers that use different header than
525 * updated EAP-PSK to use draft 9 by default since this can now be
526 tested with hostapd; removed support for draft 3, including
527 server_nai configuration option from network blocks
528 * driver_wired: add PAE address to the multicast address list in order
529 to be able to receive EAPOL frames with drivers that do not include
530 these multicast addresses by default
531 * driver_wext: add support for WE-19
532 * added support for multiple configuration backends (CONFIG_BACKEND
533 option); currently, only 'file' is supported (i.e., the format used
534 in wpa_supplicant.conf)
535 * added support for updating configuration ('wpa_cli save_config');
536 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with global
537 update_config=1 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf; this allows wpa_cli
538 and wpa_gui to store the configuration changes in a permanent store
539 * added GET_NETWORK ctrl_iface command
540 (e.g., 'wpa_cli get_network 0 ssid')
543 * replaced OpenSSL patch for EAP-FAST support
544 (openssl-tls-extensions.patch) with a more generic and correct
545 patch (the new patch is not compatible with the previous one, so the
546 OpenSSL library will need to be patched with the new patch in order
547 to be able to build wpa_supplicant with EAP-FAST support)
548 * added support for using Windows certificate store (through CryptoAPI)
549 for client certificate and private key operations (EAP-TLS)
550 (see wpa_supplicant.conf for more information on how to configure
551 this with private_key)
552 * ported wpa_gui to Windows
553 * added Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 directory); this can be
554 built with the open source version of the Qt4 for Windows
555 * allow non-WPA modes (e.g., IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP) to be used
556 with drivers that do not support WPA
557 * ndis_events: fixed Windows 2000 support
558 * added support for enabling/disabling networks from the list of all
559 configured networks ('wpa_cli enable_network <network id>' and
560 'wpa_cli disable_network <network id>')
561 * added support for adding and removing network from the current
562 configuration ('wpa_cli add_network' and 'wpa_cli remove_network
563 <network id>'); added networks are disabled by default and they can
564 be enabled with enable_network command once the configuration is done
565 for the new network; note: configuration file is not yet updated, so
566 these new networks are lost when wpa_supplicant is restarted
567 * added support for setting network configuration parameters through
568 the control interface, for example:
569 wpa_cli set_network 0 ssid "\"my network\""
570 * fixed parsing of strings that include both " and # within double
571 quoted area (e.g., "start"#end")
572 * added EAP workaround for PEAP session resumption: allow outer,
573 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
574 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
575 (this was allowed for PEAPv1 before, but now it is also allowed for
576 PEAPv0 since at least one RADIUS authentication server seems to be
577 doing this for PEAPv0, too)
578 * wpa_gui: added preliminary support for adding new networks to the
579 wpa_supplicant configuration (double click on the scan results to
580 open network configuration)
583 * removed interface for external EAPOL/EAP supplicant (e.g.,
584 Xsupplicant), (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE) since it is not required
585 anymore and is unlikely to be used by anyone
586 * driver_ndis: fixed WinPcap 3.0 support
587 * fixed build with CONFIG_DNET_PCAP=y on Linux
588 * l2_packet: moved different implementations into separate files
592 * driver_ipw: updated driver structures to match with ipw2200-1.0.4
593 (note: ipw2100-1.1.0 is likely to require an update to work with
595 * added support for using ap_scan=2 mode with multiple network blocks;
596 wpa_supplicant will go through the networks one by one until the
597 driver reports a successful association; this uses the same order for
598 networks as scan_ssid=1 scans, i.e., the priority field is ignored
599 and the network block order in the file is used instead
600 * fixed a potential issue in RSN pre-authentication ending up using
601 freed memory if pre-authentication times out
602 * added support for matching alternative subject name extensions of the
603 authentication server certificate; new configuration variables
604 altsubject_match and altsubject_match2
605 * driver_ndis: added support for IEEE 802.1X authentication with wired
607 * added support for querying private key password (EAP-TLS) through the
608 control interface (wpa_cli/wpa_gui) if one is not included in the
610 * driver_broadcom: fixed couple of memory leaks in scan result
612 * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
613 * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
614 * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
615 * added support for using password with EAP-PAX (as an alternative to
616 entering key with eappsk); SHA-1 hash of the password will be used as
618 * added support for arbitrary driver interface parameters through the
619 configuration file with a new driver_param field; this adds a new
620 driver_ops function set_param()
621 * added possibility to override l2_packet module with driver interface
622 API (new send_eapol handler); this can be used to implement driver
623 specific TX/RX functions for EAPOL frames
624 * fixed ctrl_interface_group processing for the case where gid is
625 entered as a number, not group name
626 * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
627 by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
631 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA/WPA2 mode configuration to allow EAPOL
632 packets to be encrypted; this was apparently broken by the changed
633 ioctl order in v0.4.0
634 * driver_madwifi: added preliminary support for compiling against 'BSD'
635 branch of madwifi CVS tree
636 * added support for EAP-MSCHAPv2 password retries within the same EAP
637 authentication session
638 * added support for password changes with EAP-MSCHAPv2 (used when the
639 password has expired)
640 * added support for reading additional certificates from PKCS#12 files
641 and adding them to the certificate chain
642 * fixed association with IEEE 802.1X (no WPA) when dynamic WEP keys
644 * fixed a possible double free in EAP-TTLS fast-reauthentication when
645 identity or password is entered through control interface
646 * display EAP Notification messages to user through control interface
647 with "CTRL-EVENT-EAP-NOTIFICATION" prefix
648 * added GUI version of wpa_cli, wpa_gui; this is not build
649 automatically with 'make'; use 'make wpa_gui' to build (this requires
650 Qt development tools)
651 * added 'disconnect' command to control interface for setting
652 wpa_supplicant in state where it will not associate before
653 'reassociate' command has been used
654 * added support for selecting a network from the list of all configured
655 networks ('wpa_cli select_network <network id>'; this disabled all
656 other networks; to re-enable, 'wpa_cli select_network any')
657 * added support for getting scan results through control interface
658 * added EAP workaround for PEAPv1 session resumption: allow outer,
659 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
660 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
662 2005-04-25 - v0.4.0 (beginning of 0.4.x development releases)
663 * added a new build time option, CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG, that can be
664 used to reduce the size of the wpa_supplicant considerably if
665 debugging code is not needed
666 * fixed EAPOL-Key validation to drop packets with invalid Key Data
667 Length; such frames could have crashed wpa_supplicant due to buffer
669 * added support for wired authentication (IEEE 802.1X on wired
670 Ethernet); driver interface 'wired'
671 * obsoleted set_wpa() handler in the driver interface API (it can be
672 replaced by moving enable/disable functionality into init()/deinit())
673 (calls to set_wpa() are still present for backwards compatibility,
674 but they may be removed in the future)
675 * driver_madwifi: fixed association in plaintext mode
676 * modified the EAP workaround that accepts EAP-Success with incorrect
677 Identifier to be even less strict about verification in order to
678 interoperate with some authentication servers
679 * added support for sending TLS alerts
680 * added support for 'any' SSID wildcard; if ssid is not configured or
681 is set to an empty string, any SSID will be accepted for non-WPA AP
682 * added support for asking PIN (for SIM) from frontends (e.g.,
683 wpa_cli); if a PIN is needed, but not included in the configuration
684 file, a control interface request is sent and EAP processing is
685 delayed until the PIN is available
686 * added support for using external devices (e.g., a smartcard) for
687 private key operations in EAP-TLS (CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y in .config);
688 new wpa_supplicant.conf variables:
689 - global: opensc_engine_path, pkcs11_engine_path, pkcs11_module_path
690 - network: engine, engine_id, key_id
691 * added experimental support for EAP-PAX
692 * added monitor mode for wpa_cli (-a<path to a program to run>) that
693 allows external commands (e.g., shell scripts) to be run based on
694 wpa_supplicant events, e.g., when authentication has been completed
695 and data connection is ready; other related wpa_cli arguments:
696 -B (run in background), -P (write PID file); wpa_supplicant has a new
697 command line argument (-W) that can be used to make it wait until a
698 control interface command is received in order to avoid missing
700 * added support for opportunistic WPA2 PMKSA key caching (disabled by
701 default, can be enabled with proactive_key_caching=1)
702 * fixed RSN IE in 4-Way Handshake message 2/4 for the case where
703 Authenticator rejects PMKSA caching attempt and the driver is not
704 using assoc_info events
705 * added -P<pid file> argument for wpa_supplicant to write the current
706 process id into a file
708 2005-02-12 - v0.3.7 (beginning of 0.3.x stable releases)
709 * added new phase1 option parameter, include_tls_length=1, to force
710 wpa_supplicant to add TLS Message Length field to all TLS messages
711 even if the packet is not fragmented; this may be needed with some
712 authentication servers
713 * fixed WPA/RSN IE verification in message 3 of 4-Way Handshake when
714 using drivers that take care of AP selection (e.g., when using
716 * fixed reprocessing of pending request after ctrl_iface requests for
717 identity/password/otp
718 * fixed ctrl_iface requests for identity/password/otp in Phase 2 of
719 EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS
720 * all drivers using driver_wext: set interface up and select Managed
721 mode when starting wpa_supplicant; set interface down when exiting
722 * renamed driver_ipw2100.c to driver_ipw.c since it now supports both
723 ipw2100 and ipw2200; please note that this also changed the
724 configuration variable in .config to CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW
727 * fixed a busy loop introduced in v0.3.5 for scan result processing
728 when no matching AP is found
731 * added a workaround for an interoperability issue with a Cisco AP
733 * fixed non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to use the same authentication timeout as
734 WPA with IEEE 802.1X (i.e., timeout 10 -> 70 sec to allow
735 retransmission of dropped frames)
736 * fixed issues with 64-bit CPUs and SHA1 cleanup in previous version
737 (e.g., segfault when processing EAPOL-Key frames)
738 * fixed EAP workaround and fast reauthentication configuration for
739 RSN pre-authentication; previously these were disabled and
740 pre-authentication would fail if the used authentication server
741 requires EAP workarounds
742 * added support for blacklisting APs that fail or timeout
743 authentication in ap_scan=1 mode so that all APs are tried in cases
744 where the ones with strongest signal level are failing authentication
745 * fixed CA certificate loading after a failed EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
746 authentication attempt
747 * allow EAP-PEAP/TTLS fast reauthentication only if Phase 2 succeeded
748 in the previous authentication (previously, only Phase 1 success was
752 * added preliminary support for IBSS (ad-hoc) mode configuration
753 (mode=1 in network block); this included a new key_mgmt mode
754 WPA-NONE, i.e., TKIP or CCMP with a fixed key (based on psk) and no
755 key management; see wpa_supplicant.conf for more details and an
756 example on how to configure this (note: this is currently implemented
757 only for driver_hostapd.c, but the changes should be trivial to add
758 in associate() handler for other drivers, too (assuming the driver
760 * added preliminary port for native Windows (i.e., no cygwin) using
764 * added optional support for GNU Readline and History Libraries for
765 wpa_cli (CONFIG_READLINE)
766 * cleaned up EAP state machine <-> method interface and number of
767 small problems with error case processing not terminating on
768 EAP-Failure but waiting for timeout
769 * added couple of workarounds for interoperability issues with a
770 Cisco AP when using WPA2
771 * added support for EAP-FAST (draft-cam-winget-eap-fast-00.txt);
772 Note: This requires a patch for openssl to add support for TLS
773 extensions and number of workarounds for operations without
774 certificates. Proof of concept type of experimental patch is
775 included in openssl-tls-extensions.patch.
778 * fixed private key loading for cases where passphrase is not set
779 * fixed Windows/cygwin L2 packet handler freeing; previous version
780 could cause a segfault when RSN pre-authentication was completed
781 * added support for PMKSA caching with drivers that generate RSN IEs
782 (e.g., NDIS); currently, this is only implemented in driver_ndis.c,
783 but similar code can be easily added to driver_ndiswrapper.c once
784 ndiswrapper gets full support for RSN PMKSA caching
785 * improved recovery from PMKID mismatches by requesting full EAP
786 authentication in case of failed PMKSA caching attempt
787 * driver_ndis: added support for NDIS NdisMIncidateStatus() events
788 (this requires that ndis_events is ran while wpa_supplicant is
790 * driver_ndis: use ADD_WEP/REMOVE_WEP when configuring WEP keys
791 * added support for driver interfaces to replace the interface name
792 based on driver/OS specific mapping, e.g., in case of driver_ndis,
793 this allows the beginning of the adapter description to be used as
795 * added support for CR+LF (Windows-style) line ends in configuration
797 * driver_ndis: enable radio before starting scanning, disable radio
799 * modified association event handler to set portEnabled = FALSE before
800 clearing port Valid in order to reset EAP state machine and avoid
801 problems with new authentication getting ignored because of state
802 machines ending up in AUTHENTICATED/SUCCESS state based on old
804 * added support for driver events to add PMKID candidates in order to
805 allow drivers to give priority to most likely roaming candidates
806 * driver_hostap: moved PrivacyInvoked configuration to associate()
807 function so that this will not be set for plaintext connections
808 * added KEY_MGMT_802_1X_NO_WPA as a new key_mgmt type so that driver
809 interface can distinguish plaintext and IEEE 802.1X (no WPA)
811 * fixed static WEP key configuration to use broadcast/default type for
812 all keys (previously, the default TX key was configured as pairwise/
814 * driver_ndis: added legacy WPA capability detection for non-WPA2
816 * added support for setting static WEP keys for IEEE 802.1X without
817 dynamic WEP keying (eapol_flags=0)
820 * added support for reading PKCS#12 (PFX) files (as a replacement for
821 PEM/DER) to get certificate and private key (CONFIG_PKCS12)
822 * fixed compilation with CONFIG_PCSC=y
823 * added new ap_scan mode, ap_scan=2, for drivers that take care of
824 association, but need to be configured with security policy and SSID,
825 e.g., ndiswrapper and NDIS driver; this mode should allow such
826 drivers to work with hidden SSIDs and optimized roaming; when
827 ap_scan=2 is used, only the first network block in the configuration
828 file is used and this configuration should have explicit security
829 policy (i.e., only one option in the lists) for key_mgmt, pairwise,
830 group, proto variables
831 * added experimental port of wpa_supplicant for Windows
832 - driver_ndis.c driver interface (NDIS OIDs)
833 - currently, this requires cygwin and WinPcap
834 - small utility, win_if_list, can be used to get interface name
835 * control interface can now be removed at build time; add
836 CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y to .config to maintain old functionality
837 * optional Xsupplicant interface can now be removed at build time;
838 (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE=y in .config to bring it back)
839 * added auth_alg to driver interface associate() parameters to make it
840 easier for drivers to configure authentication algorithm as part of
843 2004-12-05 - v0.3.0 (beginning of 0.3.x development releases)
844 * driver_broadcom: added new driver interface for Broadcom wl.o driver
845 (a generic driver for Broadcom IEEE 802.11a/g cards)
846 * wpa_cli: fixed parsing of -p <path> command line argument
847 * PEAPv1: fixed tunneled EAP-Success reply handling to reply with TLS
848 ACK, not tunneled EAP-Success (of which only the first byte was
849 actually send due to a bug in previous code); this seems to
850 interoperate with most RADIUS servers that implements PEAPv1
851 * PEAPv1: added support for terminating PEAP authentication on tunneled
852 EAP-Success message; this can be configured by adding
853 peap_outer_success=0 on phase1 parameters in wpa_supplicant.conf
854 (some RADIUS servers require this whereas others require a tunneled
856 * PEAPv1: changed phase1 option peaplabel to use default to 0, i.e., to
857 the old label for key derivation; previously, the default was 1,
858 but it looks like most existing PEAPv1 implementations use the old
859 label which is thus more suitable default option
860 * added support for EAP-PSK (draft-bersani-eap-psk-03.txt)
861 * fixed parsing of wep_tx_keyidx
862 * added support for configuring list of allowed Phase 2 EAP types
863 (for both EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS) instead of only one type
864 * added support for configuring IEEE 802.11 authentication algorithm
865 (auth_alg; mainly for using Shared Key authentication with static
867 * added support for EAP-AKA (with UMTS SIM)
868 * fixed couple of errors in PCSC handling that could have caused
869 random-looking errors for EAP-SIM
870 * added support for EAP-SIM pseudonyms and fast re-authentication
871 * added support for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS fast re-authentication (TLS
873 * added support for EAP-SIM with two challanges
874 (phase1="sim_min_num_chal=3" can be used to require three challenges)
875 * added support for configuring DH/DSA parameters for an ephemeral DH
876 key exchange (EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS) using new configuration parameters
877 dh_file and dh_file2 (phase 2); this adds support for using DSA keys
878 and optional DH key exchange to achieve forward secracy with RSA keys
879 * added support for matching subject of the authentication server
880 certificate with a substring when using EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS; new
881 configuration variables subject_match and subject_match2
882 * changed SSID configuration in driver_wext.c (used by many driver
883 interfaces) to use ssid_len+1 as the length for SSID since some Linux
885 * fixed couple of unaligned reads in scan result parsing to fix WPA
886 connection on some platforms (e.g., ARM)
887 * added driver interface for Intel ipw2100 driver
888 * added support for LEAP with WPA
889 * added support for larger scan results report (old limit was 4 kB of
890 data, i.e., about 35 or so APs) when using Linux wireless extensions
892 * fixed a bug in PMKSA cache processing: skip sending of EAPOL-Start
893 only if there is a PMKSA cache entry for the current AP
894 * fixed error handling for case where reading of scan results fails:
895 must schedule a new scan or wpa_supplicant will remain waiting
897 * changed debug output to remove shared password/key material by
898 default; all key information can be included with -K command line
899 argument to match the previous behavior
900 * added support for timestamping debug log messages (disabled by
901 default, can be enabled with -t command line argument)
902 * set pairwise/group cipher suite for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to WEP-104
903 if keys are not configured to be used; this fixes IEEE 802.1X mode
904 with drivers that use this information to configure whether Privacy
905 bit can be in Beacon frames (e.g., ndiswrapper)
906 * avoid clearing driver keys if no keys have been configured since last
907 key clear request; this seems to improve reliability of group key
908 handshake for ndiswrapper & NDIS driver which seems to be suffering
909 of some kind of timing issue when the keys are cleared again after
911 * changed driver interface API:
912 - WPA_SUPPLICANT_DRIVER_VERSION define can be used to determine which
913 version is being used (now, this is set to 2; previously, it was
915 - pass pointer to private data structure to all calls
916 - the new API is not backwards compatible; all in-tree driver
917 interfaces has been converted to the new API
918 * added support for controlling multiple interfaces (radios) per
919 wpa_supplicant process; each interface needs to be listed on the
920 command line (-c, -i, -D arguments) with -N as a separator
921 (-cwpa1.conf -iwlan0 -Dhostap -N -cwpa2.conf -iath0 -Dmadwifi)
922 * added a workaround for EAP servers that incorrectly use same Id for
923 sequential EAP packets
924 * changed libpcap/libdnet configuration to use .config variable,
925 CONFIG_DNET_PCAP, instead of requiring Makefile modification
926 * improved downgrade attack detection in IE verification of msg 3/4:
927 verify both WPA and RSN IEs, if present, not only the selected one;
928 reject the AP if an RSN IE is found in msg 3/4, but not in Beacon or
929 Probe Response frame, and RSN is enabled in wpa_supplicant
931 * fixed WPA msg 3/4 processing to allow Key Data field contain other
932 IEs than just one WPA IE
933 * added support for FreeBSD and driver interface for the BSD net80211
934 layer (CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=y in .config); please note that some of the
935 required kernel mods have not yet been committed
936 * made EAP workarounds configurable; enabled by default, can be
937 disabled with network block option eap_workaround=0
939 2004-07-17 - v0.2.4 (beginning of 0.2.x stable releases)
940 * resolved couple of interoperability issues with EAP-PEAPv1 and
941 Phase 2 (inner EAP) fragment reassembly
942 * driver_madwifi: fixed WEP key configuration for IEEE 802.1X when the
943 AP is using non-zero key index for the unicast key and key index zero
944 for the broadcast key
945 * driver_hostap: fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key updates and
946 re-authentication by allowing unencrypted EAPOL frames when not using
948 * added a new driver interface, 'wext', which uses only standard,
949 driver independent functionality in Linux wireless extensions;
950 currently, this can be used only for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode, but
951 eventually, this is to be extended to support full WPA/WPA2 once
952 Linux wireless extensions get support for this
953 * added support for mode in which the driver is responsible for AP
954 scanning and selection; this is disabled by default and can be
955 enabled with global ap_scan=0 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf;
956 this mode can be used, e.g., with generic 'wext' driver interface to
957 use wpa_supplicant as IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with any Linux driver
958 supporting wireless extensions.
959 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA2 configuration and scan_ssid=1 (e.g.,
960 operation with an AP that does not include SSID in the Beacon frames)
961 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
962 EAP-TTLS/EAP-OTP, EAP-PEAPv0/OTP, EAP-PEAPv1/OTP, EAP-OTP
963 * added support for asking one-time-passwords from frontends (e.g.,
964 wpa_cli); this 'otp' command works otherwise like 'password' command,
965 but the password is used only once and the frontend will be asked for
966 a new password whenever a request from authenticator requires a
967 password; this can be used with both EAP-OTP and EAP-GTC
968 * changed wpa_cli to automatically re-establish connection so that it
969 does not need to be re-started when wpa_supplicant is terminated and
971 * improved user data (identity/password/otp) requests through
972 frontends: process pending EAPOL packets after getting new
973 information so that full authentication does not need to be
974 restarted; in addition, send pending requests again whenever a new
976 * changed control frontends to use a new directory for socket files to
977 make it easier for wpa_cli to automatically select between interfaces
978 and to provide access control for the control interface;
979 wpa_supplicant.conf: ctrl_interface is now a path
980 (/var/run/wpa_supplicant is the recommended path) and
981 ctrl_interface_group can be used to select which group gets access to
982 the control interface;
983 wpa_cli: by default, try to connect to the first interface available
984 in /var/run/wpa_supplicant; this path can be overriden with -p option
985 and an interface can be selected with -i option (i.e., in most common
986 cases, wpa_cli does not need to get any arguments)
987 * added support for LEAP
988 * added driver interface for Linux ndiswrapper
989 * added priority option for network blocks in the configuration file;
990 this allows networks to be grouped based on priority (the scan
991 results are searched for matches with network blocks in this order)
994 * sort scan results to improve AP selection
995 * fixed control interface socket removal for some error cases
996 * improved scan requesting and authentication timeout
997 * small improvements/bug fixes for EAP-MSCHAPv2, EAP-PEAP, and
999 * PEAP version can now be forced with phase1="peapver=<ver>"
1000 (mostly for testing; by default, the highest version supported by
1001 both the Supplicant and Authentication Server is selected
1003 * added support for madwifi driver (Atheros ar521x)
1004 * added a workaround for cases where AP sets Install Tx/Rx bit for
1005 WPA Group Key messages when pairwise keys are used (without this,
1006 the Group Key would be used for Tx and the AP would drop frames
1008 * added GSM SIM/USIM interface for GSM authentication algorithm for
1009 EAP-SIM; this requires pcsc-lite
1010 * added support for ATMEL AT76C5XXx driver
1011 * fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key derivation in the case where Authenticator
1012 does not include key data in the EAPOL-Key frame (i.e., part of
1013 EAP keying material is used as data encryption key)
1014 * added support for using plaintext and static WEP networks
1018 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
1019 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MD5-Challenge
1021 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MSCHAPv2
1029 EAP-PEAP/MD5-Challenge
1031 EAP-SIM (not yet complete; needs GSM/SIM authentication interface)
1032 * added support for anonymous identity (to be used when identity is
1033 sent in plaintext; real identity will be used within TLS protected
1034 tunnel (e.g., with EAP-TTLS)
1035 * added event messages from wpa_supplicant to frontends, e.g., wpa_cli
1036 * added support for requesting identity and password information using
1037 control interface; in other words, the password for EAP-PEAP or
1038 EAP-TTLS does not need to be included in the configuration file since
1039 a frontand (e.g., wpa_cli) can ask it from the user
1040 * improved RSN pre-authentication to use a candidate list and process
1041 all candidates from each scan; not only one per scan
1042 * fixed RSN IE and WPA IE capabilities field parsing
1043 * ignore Tx bit in GTK IE when Pairwise keys are used
1044 * avoid making new scan requests during IEEE 802.1X negotiation
1045 * use openssl/libcrypto for MD5 and SHA-1 when compiling wpa_supplicant
1046 with TLS support (this replaces the included implementation with
1047 library code to save about 8 kB since the library code is needed
1049 * fixed WPA-PSK only mode when compiled without IEEE 802.1X support
1050 (i.e., without CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y in .config)
1053 * added support for internal IEEE 802.1X (actually, IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1)
1055 - EAPOL state machines for Supplicant [IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1]
1056 - EAP peer state machine [draft-ietf-eap-statemachine-02.pdf]
1057 - EAP-MD5 (cannot be used with WPA-RADIUS)
1058 [draft-ietf-eap-rfc2284bis-09.txt]
1059 - EAP-TLS [RFC 2716]
1060 - EAP-MSCHAPv2 (currently used only with EAP-PEAP)
1061 - EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2 [draft-josefsson-pppext-eap-tls-eap-07.txt]
1062 [draft-kamath-pppext-eap-mschapv2-00.txt]
1063 (PEAP version 0, 1, and parts of 2; only 0 and 1 are enabled by
1064 default; tested with FreeRADIUS, Microsoft IAS, and Funk Odyssey)
1065 - new configuration file options: eap, identity, password, ca_cert,
1066 client_cert, privatekey, private_key_passwd
1067 - Xsupplicant is not required anymore, but it can be used by
1068 disabling the internal IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with -e command line
1070 - this code is not included in the default build; Makefile need to
1071 be edited for this (uncomment lines for selected functionality)
1072 - EAP-TLS and EAP-PEAP require openssl libraries
1073 * use module prefix in debug messages (WPA, EAP, EAP-TLS, ..)
1074 * added support for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode with dynamic WEP keys
1075 (i.e., complete IEEE 802.1X/EAP authentication and use IEEE 802.1X
1076 EAPOL-Key frames instead of WPA key handshakes)
1077 * added support for IEEE 802.11i/RSN (WPA2)
1078 - improved PTK Key Handshake
1079 - PMKSA caching, pre-authentication
1080 * fixed wpa_supplicant to ignore possible extra data after WPA
1081 EAPOL-Key packets (this fixes 'Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using
1082 TPTK' error from message 3 of 4-Way Handshake in case the AP
1083 includes extra data after the EAPOL-Key)
1084 * added interface for external programs (frontends) to control
1086 - CLI example (wpa_cli) with interactive mode and command line
1088 - replaced SIGUSR1 status/statistics with the new control interface
1089 * made some feature compile time configurable
1090 - .config file for make
1091 - driver interfaces (hostap, hermes, ..)
1092 - EAPOL/EAP functions
1095 * Initial version of wpa_supplicant
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