1 ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant
4 * increased wpa_cli ping interval to 5 seconds and made this
5 configurable with a new command line options (-G<seconds>)
6 * fixed scan buffer processing with WEXT to handle up to 65535
7 byte result buffer (previously, limited to 32768 bytes)
8 * allow multiple driver wrappers to be specified on command line
9 (e.g., -Dnl80211,wext); the first one that is able to initialize the
10 interface will be used
11 * added support for multiple SSIDs per scan request to optimize
12 scan_ssid=1 operations in ap_scan=1 mode (i.e., search for hidden
13 SSIDs); this requires driver support and can currently be used only
15 * added support for WPS USBA out-of-band mechanism with USB Flash
16 Drives (UFD) (CONFIG_WPS_UFD=y)
19 * added support for Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
20 (wpa_supplicant can now be configured to act as a WPS Enrollee to
21 enroll credentials for a network using PIN and PBC methods; in
22 addition, wpa_supplicant can act as a wireless WPS Registrar to
23 configure an AP); WPS support can be enabled by adding CONFIG_WPS=y
24 into .config and setting the runtime configuration variables in
25 wpa_supplicant.conf (see WPS section in the example configuration
26 file); new wpa_cli commands wps_pin, wps_pbc, and wps_reg are used to
27 manage WPS negotiation; see README-WPS for more details
28 * added support for EAP-AKA' (draft-arkko-eap-aka-kdf)
29 * added support for using driver_test over UDP socket
30 * fixed PEAPv0 Cryptobinding interoperability issue with Windows Server
31 2008 NPS; optional cryptobinding is now enabled (again) by default
32 * fixed PSK editing in wpa_gui
33 * changed EAP-GPSK to use the IANA assigned EAP method type 51
34 * added a Windows installer that includes WinPcap and all the needed
35 DLLs; in addition, it set up the registry automatically so that user
36 will only need start wpa_gui to get prompted to start the wpasvc
37 servide and add a new interface if needed through wpa_gui dialog
38 * updated management frame protection to use IEEE 802.11w/D7.0
41 * added Milenage SIM/USIM emulator for EAP-SIM/EAP-AKA
42 (can be used to simulate test SIM/USIM card with a known private key;
43 enable with CONFIG_SIM_SIMULATOR=y/CONFIG_USIM_SIMULATOR=y in .config
44 and password="Ki:OPc"/password="Ki:OPc:SQN" in network configuration)
45 * added a new network configuration option, wpa_ptk_rekey, that can be
46 used to enforce frequent PTK rekeying, e.g., to mitigate some attacks
47 against TKIP deficiencies
48 * added an optional mitigation mechanism for certain attacks against
49 TKIP by delaying Michael MIC error reports by a random amount of time
50 between 0 and 60 seconds; this can be enabled with a build option
51 CONFIG_DELAYED_MIC_ERROR_REPORT=y in .config
52 * fixed EAP-AKA to use RES Length field in AT_RES as length in bits,
54 * updated OpenSSL code for EAP-FAST to use an updated version of the
55 session ticket overriding API that was included into the upstream
56 OpenSSL 0.9.9 tree on 2008-11-15 (no additional OpenSSL patch is
57 needed with that version anymore)
58 * updated userspace MLME instructions to match with the current Linux
59 mac80211 implementation; please also note that this can only be used
60 with driver_nl80211.c (the old code from driver_wext.c was removed)
61 * added support (Linux only) for RoboSwitch chipsets (often found in
62 consumer grade routers); driver interface 'roboswitch'
63 * fixed canceling of PMKSA caching when using drivers that generate
64 RSN IE and refuse to drop PMKIDs that wpa_supplicant does not know
68 * added support for SHA-256 as X.509 certificate digest when using the
69 internal X.509/TLSv1 implementation
70 * updated management frame protection to use IEEE 802.11w/D6.0
71 * added support for using SHA256-based stronger key derivation for WPA2
73 * fixed FT (IEEE 802.11r) authentication after a failed association to
75 * added support for configuring Phase 2 (inner/tunneled) authentication
76 method with wpa_gui-qt4
79 * added support for EAP Sequences in EAP-FAST Phase 2
80 * added support for using TNC with EAP-FAST
81 * added driver_ps3 for the PS3 Linux wireless driver
82 * added support for optional cryptobinding with PEAPv0
83 * fixed the OpenSSL patches (0.9.8g and 0.9.9) for EAP-FAST to
84 allow fallback to full handshake if server rejects PAC-Opaque
85 * added fragmentation support for EAP-TNC
86 * added support for parsing PKCS #8 formatted private keys into the
87 internal TLS implementation (both PKCS #1 RSA key and PKCS #8
88 encapsulated RSA key can now be used)
89 * added option of using faster, but larger, routines in the internal
90 LibTomMath (for internal TLS implementation) to speed up DH and RSA
91 calculations (CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH_FAST=y)
92 * fixed race condition between disassociation event and group key
93 handshake to avoid getting stuck in incorrect state [Bug 261]
94 * fixed opportunistic key caching (proactive_key_caching)
97 * removed 'nai' and 'eappsk' network configuration variables that were
98 previously used for configuring user identity and key for EAP-PSK,
99 EAP-PAX, EAP-SAKE, and EAP-GPSK. 'identity' field is now used as the
100 replacement for 'nai' (if old configuration used a separate
101 'identity' value, that would now be configured as
102 'anonymous_identity'). 'password' field is now used as the
103 replacement for 'eappsk' (it can also be set using hexstring to
104 present random binary data)
105 * removed '-w' command line parameter (wait for interface to be added,
106 if needed); cleaner way of handling this functionality is to use an
107 external mechanism (e.g., hotplug scripts) that start wpa_supplicant
108 when an interface is added
109 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D9.0
110 * added ctrl_iface monitor event (CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS) for
111 indicating when new scan results become available
112 * added new ctrl_iface command, BSS, to allow scan results to be
113 fetched without hitting the message size limits (this command
114 can be used to iterate through the scan results one BSS at the time)
115 * fixed EAP-SIM not to include AT_NONCE_MT and AT_SELECTED_VERSION
116 attributes in EAP-SIM Start/Response when using fast reauthentication
117 * fixed EAPOL not to end up in infinite loop when processing dynamic
118 WEP keys with IEEE 802.1X
119 * fixed problems in getting NDIS events from WMI on Windows 2000
122 * added support for Makefile builds to include debug-log-to-a-file
123 functionality (CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y and -f<path> on command line)
124 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA message parser to validate attribute
125 lengths properly to avoid potential crash caused by invalid messages
126 * added data structure for storing allocated buffers (struct wpabuf);
127 this does not affect wpa_supplicant usage, but many of the APIs
128 changed and various interfaces (e.g., EAP) is not compatible with old
130 * added support for protecting EAP-AKA/Identity messages with
131 AT_CHECKCODE (optional feature in RFC 4187)
132 * added support for protected result indication with AT_RESULT_IND for
133 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA (phase1="result_ind=1")
134 * added driver_wext workaround for race condition between scanning and
135 association with drivers that take very long time to scan all
136 channels (e.g., madwifi with dual-band cards); wpa_supplicant is now
137 using a longer hardcoded timeout for the scan if the driver supports
138 notifications for scan completion (SIOCGIWSCAN event); this helps,
139 e.g., in cases where wpa_supplicant and madwifi driver ended up in
140 loop where the driver did not even try to associate
141 * stop EAPOL timer tick when no timers are in use in order to reduce
142 power consumption (no need to wake up the process once per second)
144 * added support for privilege separation (run only minimal part of
145 wpa_supplicant functionality as root and rest as unprivileged,
146 non-root process); see 'Privilege separation' in README for details;
147 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with CONFIG_PRIVSEP=y
149 * changed scan results data structure to include all information
150 elements to make it easier to support new IEs; old get_scan_result()
151 driver_ops is still supported for backwards compatibility (results
152 are converted internally to the new format), but all drivers should
153 start using the new get_scan_results2() to make them more likely to
154 work with new features
155 * Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory) is now native Qt4
156 application, i.e., it does not require Qt3Support anymore; Windows
157 binary of wpa_gui.exe is now from this directory and only requires
158 QtCore4.dll and QtGui4.dll libraries
159 * updated Windows binary build to use Qt 4.3.3 and made Qt DLLs
160 available as a separate package to make wpa_gui installation easier:
161 http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/qt4/wpa_gui-qt433-windows-dll.zip
162 * added support for EAP-IKEv2 (draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15.txt);
163 only shared key/password authentication is supported in this version
166 * added support for configuring password as NtPasswordHash
167 (16-byte MD4 hash of password) in hash:<32 hex digits> format
168 * added support for fallback from abbreviated TLS handshake to
169 full handshake when using EAP-FAST (e.g., due to an expired
171 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
172 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-07.txt)
173 * added support for drivers that take care of RSN 4-way handshake
174 internally (WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_4WAY_HANDSHAKE in get_capa flags and
175 WPA_ALG_PMK in set_key)
176 * added an experimental port for Mac OS X (CONFIG_DRIVER_OSX=y in
177 .config); this version supports only ap_scan=2 mode and allow the
178 driver to take care of the 4-way handshake
179 * fixed a buffer overflow in parsing TSF from scan results when using
180 driver_wext.c with a driver that includes the TSF (e.g., iwl4965)
182 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D8.0
183 * fixed an integer overflow issue in the ASN.1 parser used by the
184 (experimental) internal TLS implementation to avoid a potential
186 * fixed a race condition with -W option (wait for a control interface
187 monitor before starting) that could have caused the first messages to
189 * added support for processing TNCC-TNCS-Messages to report
190 recommendation (allow/none/isolate) when using TNC [Bug 243]
193 * added network configuration parameter 'frequency' for setting
194 initial channel for IBSS (adhoc) networks
195 * added experimental IEEE 802.11r/D6.0 support
196 * updated EAP-SAKE to RFC 4763 and the IANA-allocated EAP type 48
197 * updated EAP-PSK to use the IANA-allocated EAP type 47
198 * fixed EAP-PAX key derivation
199 * fixed EAP-PSK bit ordering of the Flags field
200 * fixed EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST to use the correct EAP identifier in
201 tunnelled identity request (previously, the identifier from the outer
202 method was used, not the tunnelled identifier which could be
204 * added support for fragmentation of outer TLS packets during Phase 2
205 of EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST
206 * fixed EAP-TTLS AVP parser processing for too short AVP lengths
207 * added support for EAP-FAST authentication with inner methods that
208 generate MSK (e.g., EAP-MSCHAPv2 that was previously only supported
209 for PAC provisioning)
210 * added support for authenticated EAP-FAST provisioning
211 * added support for configuring maximum number of EAP-FAST PACs to
212 store in a PAC list (fast_max_pac_list_len=<max> in phase1 string)
213 * added support for storing EAP-FAST PACs in binary format
214 (fast_pac_format=binary in phase1 string)
215 * fixed dbus ctrl_iface to validate message interface before
216 dispatching to avoid a possible segfault [Bug 190]
217 * fixed PeerKey key derivation to use the correct PRF label
218 * updated Windows binary build to link against OpenSSL 0.9.8d and
219 added support for EAP-FAST
220 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
221 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-04.txt)
222 * fixed EAP-AKA Notification processing to allow Notification to be
223 processed after AKA Challenge response has been sent
224 * updated to use IEEE 802.11w/D2.0 for management frame protection
226 * fixed EAP-TTLS implementation not to crash on use of freed memory
227 if TLS library initialization fails
228 * added support for EAP-TNC (Trusted Network Connect)
229 (this version implements the EAP-TNC method and EAP-TTLS changes
230 needed to run two methods in sequence (IF-T) and the IF-IMC and
231 IF-TNCCS interfaces from TNCC)
234 * added experimental, integrated TLSv1 client implementation with the
235 needed X.509/ASN.1/RSA/bignum processing (this can be enabled by
236 setting CONFIG_TLS=internal and CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH=y in
237 .config); this can be useful, e.g., if the target system does not
238 have a suitable TLS library and a minimal code size is required
239 (total size of this internal TLS/crypto code is bit under 50 kB on
240 x86 and the crypto code is shared by rest of the supplicant so some
241 of it was already required; TLSv1/X.509/ASN.1/RSA added about 25 kB)
242 * removed STAKey handshake since PeerKey handshake has replaced it in
243 IEEE 802.11ma and there are no known deployments of STAKey
244 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
245 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-01.txt)
246 * added preliminary implementation of IEEE 802.11w/D1.0 (management
248 (Note: this requires driver support to work properly.)
249 (Note2: IEEE 802.11w is an unapproved draft and subject to change.)
250 * fixed Windows named pipes ctrl_iface to not stop listening for
251 commands if client program opens a named pipe and closes it
252 immediately without sending a command
253 * fixed USIM PIN status determination for the case that PIN is not
254 needed (this allows EAP-AKA to be used with USIM cards that do not
256 * added support for reading 3G USIM AID from EF_DIR to allow EAP-AKA to
257 be used with cards that do not support file selection based on
259 * added support for matching the subjectAltName of the authentication
260 server certificate against multiple name components (e.g.,
261 altsubject_match="DNS:server.example.com;DNS:server2.example.com")
262 * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA key derivation for re-authentication case (only
263 affects IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP keys)
264 * changed ctrl_iface network configuration 'get' operations to not
265 return password/key material; if these fields are requested, "*"
266 will be returned if the password/key is set, but the value of the
267 parameter is not exposed
270 * added support for building Windows version with UNICODE defined
271 (wide-char functions)
272 * driver_ndis: fixed static WEP configuration to avoid race condition
273 issues with some NDIS drivers between association and setting WEP
275 * driver_ndis: added validation for IELength value in scan results to
276 avoid crashes when using buggy NDIS drivers [Bug 165]
277 * fixed Release|Win32 target in the Visual Studio project files
278 (previously, only Debug|Win32 target was set properly)
279 * changed control interface API call wpa_ctrl_pending() to allow it to
280 return -1 on error (e.g., connection lost); control interface clients
281 will need to make sure that they verify that the value is indeed >0
282 when determining whether there are pending messages
283 * added an alternative control interface backend for Windows targets:
284 Named Pipe (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=named_pipe); this is now the default
285 control interface mechanism for Windows builds (previously, UDP to
287 * changed ctrl_interface configuration for UNIX domain sockets:
288 - deprecated ctrl_interface_group variable (it may be removed in
290 - allow both directory and group be configured with ctrl_interface
291 in following format: DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
292 - ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant is still supported for the
293 case when group is not changed
294 * added support for controlling more than one interface per process in
296 * added a workaround for a case where the AP is using unknown address
297 (e.g., MAC address of the wired interface) as the source address for
298 EAPOL-Key frames; previously, that source address was used as the
299 destination for EAPOL-Key frames and in key derivation; now, BSSID is
300 used even if the source address does not match with it
301 (this resolves an interoperability issue with Thomson SpeedTouch 580)
302 * added a workaround for UDP-based control interface (which was used in
303 Windows builds before this release) to prevent packets with forged
304 addresses from being accepted as local control requests
305 * removed ndis_events.cpp and possibility of using external
306 ndis_events.exe; C version (ndis_events.c) is fully functional and
307 there is no desire to maintain two separate versions of this
309 * ndis_events: Changed NDIS event notification design to use WMI to
310 learn the adapter description through Win32_PnPEntity class; this
311 should fix some cases where the adapter name was not recognized
312 correctly (e.g., with some USB WLAN adapters, e.g., Ralink RT2500
314 * fixed selection of the first network in ap_scan=2 mode; previously,
315 wpa_supplicant could get stuck in SCANNING state when only the first
316 network for enabled (e.g., after 'wpa_cli select_network 0')
317 * winsvc: added support for configuring ctrl_interface parameters in
318 registry (ctrl_interface string value in
319 HKLM\SOFTWARE\wpa_supplicant\interfaces\0000 key); this new value is
320 required to enable control interface (previously, this was hardcoded
322 * allow wpa_gui subdirectory to be built with both Qt3 and Qt4
323 * converted wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory to use Qt4 specific project format
326 * fixed build with CONFIG_STAKEY=y [Bug 143]
327 * added support for doing MLME (IEEE 802.11 management frame
328 processing) in wpa_supplicant when using Devicescape IEEE 802.11
329 stack (wireless-dev.git tree)
330 * added a new network block configuration option, fragment_size, to
331 configure the maximum EAP fragment size
332 * driver_ndis: Disable WZC automatically for the selected interface to
333 avoid conflicts with two programs trying to control the radio; WZC
334 will be re-enabled (if it was enabled originally) when wpa_supplicant
336 * added an experimental TLSv1 client implementation
337 (CONFIG_TLS=internal) that can be used instead of an external TLS
338 library, e.g., to reduce total size requirement on systems that do
339 not include any TLS library by default (this is not yet complete;
340 basic functionality is there, but certificate validation is not yet
342 * added PeerKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
343 direct link setup (DLS) to replace STAKey handshake
344 * fixed WPA PSK update through ctrl_iface for the case where the old
345 PSK was derived from an ASCII passphrase and the new PSK is set as
346 a raw PSK (hex string)
347 * added new configuration option for identifying which network block
348 was used (id_str in wpa_supplicant.conf; included on
349 WPA_EVENT_CONNECT monitor event and as WPA_ID_STR environmental
350 variable in wpa_cli action scripts; in addition WPA_ID variable is
351 set to the current unique identifier that wpa_supplicant assigned
352 automatically for the network and that can be used with
353 GET_NETWORK/SET_NETWORK ctrl_iface commands)
354 * wpa_cli action script is now called only when the connect/disconnect
355 status changes or when associating with a different network
356 * fixed configuration parser not to remove CCMP from group cipher list
357 if WPA-None (adhoc) is used (pairwise=NONE in that case)
358 * fixed integrated NDIS events processing not to hang the process due
359 to a missed change in eloop_win.c API in v0.5.3 [Bug 155]
360 * added support for EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK,
361 draft-clancy-emu-eap-shared-secret-00.txt)
362 * added Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 solution and project files for
363 build wpa_supplicant for Windows (see vs2005 subdirectory)
364 * eloop_win: fixed unregistration of Windows events
365 * l2_packet_winpcap: fixed a deadlock in deinitializing l2_packet
366 at the end of RSN pre-authentication and added unregistration of
367 a Windows event to avoid getting eloop_win stuck with an invalid
369 * driver_ndis: added support for selecting AP based on BSSID
370 * added new environmental variable for wpa_cli action scripts:
371 WPA_CTRL_DIR is the current control interface directory
372 * driver_ndis: added support for using NDISUIO instead of WinPcap for
373 OID set/query operations (CONFIG_USE_NDISUIO=y in .config); with new
374 l2_packet_ndis (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=ndis), this can be used to build
375 wpa_supplicant without requiring WinPcap; note that using NDISUIO
376 requires that WZC is disabled (net stop wzcsvc) since NDISUIO allows
377 only one application to open the device
378 * changed NDIS driver naming to only include device GUID, e.g.,
379 {7EE3EFE5-C165-472F-986D-F6FBEDFE8C8D}, instead of including WinPcap
380 specific \Device\NPF_ prefix before the GUID; the prefix is still
381 allowed for backwards compatibility, but it is not required anymore
382 when specifying the interface
383 * driver_ndis: re-initialize driver interface is the adapter is removed
384 and re-inserted [Bug 159]
385 * driver_madwifi: fixed TKIP and CCMP sequence number configuration on
386 big endian hosts [Bug 146]
389 * fixed EAP-GTC response to include correct user identity when run as
390 phase 2 method of EAP-FAST (i.e., EAP-FAST did not work in v0.5.2)
391 * driver_ndis: Fixed encryption mode configuration for unencrypted
392 networks (some NDIS drivers ignored this, but others, e.g., Broadcom,
393 refused to associate with open networks) [Bug 106]
394 * driver_ndis: use BSSID OID polling to detect when IBSS network is
395 formed even when ndis_events code is included since some NDIS drivers
396 do not generate media connect events in IBSS mode
397 * config_winreg: allow global ctrl_interface parameter to be configured
399 * config_winreg: added support for saving configuration data into
401 * added support for controlling network device operational state
402 (dormant/up) for Linux 2.6.17 to improve DHCP processing (see
403 http://www.flamewarmaster.de/software/dhcpclient/ for a DHCP client
404 that can use this information)
405 * driver_wext: added support for WE-21 change to SSID configuration
406 * driver_wext: fixed privacy configuration for static WEP keys mode
408 * added an optional driver_ops callback for MLME-SETPROTECTION.request
410 * added support for EAP-SAKE (no EAP method number allocated yet, so
411 this is using the same experimental type 255 as EAP-PSK)
412 * added support for dynamically loading EAP methods (.so files) instead
413 of requiring them to be statically linked in; this is disabled by
414 default (see CONFIG_DYNAMIC_EAP_METHODS in defconfig for information
418 * do not try to use USIM APDUs when initializing PC/SC for SIM card
419 access for a network that has not enabled EAP-AKA
420 * fixed EAP phase 2 Nak for EAP-{PEAP,TTLS,FAST} (this was broken in
421 v0.5.1 due to the new support for expanded EAP types)
422 * added support for generating EAP Expanded Nak
423 * try to fetch scan results once before requesting new scan when
424 starting up in ap_scan=1 mode (this can speed up initial association
425 a lot with, e.g., madwifi-ng driver)
426 * added support for receiving EAPOL frames from a Linux bridge
427 interface (-bbr0 on command line)
428 * fixed EAPOL re-authentication for sessions that used PMKSA caching
429 * changed EAP method registration to use a dynamic list of methods
430 instead of a static list generated at build time
431 * fixed PMKSA cache deinitialization not to use freed memory when
432 removing PMKSA entries
433 * fixed a memory leak in EAP-TTLS re-authentication
434 * reject WPA/WPA2 message 3/4 if it does not include any valid
436 * driver_wext: added fallback to use SIOCSIWENCODE for setting auth_alg
437 if the driver does not support SIOCSIWAUTH
440 * driver_test: added better support for multiple APs and STAs by using
441 a directory with sockets that include MAC address for each device in
442 the name (driver_param=test_dir=/tmp/test)
443 * added support for EAP expanded type (vendor specific EAP methods)
444 * added AP_SCAN command into ctrl_iface so that ap_scan configuration
445 option can be changed if needed
446 * wpa_cli/wpa_gui: skip non-socket files in control directory when
447 using UNIX domain sockets; this avoids selecting an incorrect
448 interface (e.g., a PID file could be in this directory, even though
449 use of this directory for something else than socket files is not
451 * fixed TLS library deinitialization after RSN pre-authentication not
452 to disable TLS library for normal authentication
453 * driver_wext: Remove null-termination from SSID length if the driver
454 used it; some Linux drivers do this and they were causing problems in
455 wpa_supplicant not finding matching configuration block. This change
456 would break a case where the SSID actually ends in '\0', but that is
457 not likely to happen in real use.
458 * fixed PMKSA cache processing not to trigger deauthentication if the
459 current PMKSA cache entry is replaced with a valid new entry
460 * fixed PC/SC initialization for ap_scan != 1 modes (this fixes
461 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA with real SIM/USIM card when using ap_scan=0 or
464 2005-12-18 - v0.5.0 (beginning of 0.5.x development releases)
465 * added experimental STAKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
466 direct link setup (DLS); note: this is disabled by default in both
467 build and runtime configuration (can be enabled with CONFIG_STAKEY=y
469 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA pseudonym and fast re-authentication to
470 decrypt AT_ENCR_DATA attributes correctly
471 * fixed EAP-AKA to allow resynchronization within the same session
472 * made code closer to ANSI C89 standard to make it easier to port to
473 other C libraries and compilers
474 * started moving operating system or C library specific functions into
475 wrapper functions defined in os.h and implemented in os_*.c to make
477 * wpa_supplicant can now be built with Microsoft Visual C++
478 (e.g., with the freely available Toolkit 2003 version or Visual
479 C++ 2005 Express Edition and Platform SDK); see nmake.mak for an
480 example makefile for nmake
481 * added support for using Windows registry for command line parameters
482 (CONFIG_MAIN=main_winsvc) and configuration data
483 (CONFIG_BACKEND=winreg); see win_example.reg for an example registry
484 contents; this version can be run both as a Windows service and as a
485 normal application; 'wpasvc.exe app' to start as applicant,
486 'wpasvc.exe reg <full path to wpasvc.exe>' to register a service,
487 'net start wpasvc' to start the service, 'wpasvc.exe unreg' to
489 * made it possible to link ndis_events.exe functionality into
490 wpa_supplicant.exe by defining CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED
491 * added better support for multiple control interface backends
492 (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE option); currently, 'unix' and 'udp' are supported
493 * fixed PC/SC code to use correct length for GSM AUTH command buffer
494 and to not use pioRecvPci with SCardTransmit() calls; these were not
495 causing visible problems with pcsc-lite, but Windows Winscard.dll
496 refused the previously used parameters; this fixes EAP-SIM and
497 EAP-AKA authentication using SIM/USIM card under Windows
498 * added new event loop implementation for Windows using
499 WaitForMultipleObject() instead of select() in order to allow waiting
500 for non-socket objects; this can be selected with
501 CONFIG_ELOOP=eloop_win in .config
502 * added support for selecting l2_packet implementation in .config
503 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET; following options are available now: linux, pcap,
504 winpcap, freebsd, none)
505 * added new l2_packet implementation for WinPcap
506 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=winpcap) that uses a separate receive thread to
507 reduce latency in EAPOL receive processing from about 100 ms to about
509 * added support for EAP-FAST key derivation using other ciphers than
510 RC4-128-SHA for authentication and AES128-SHA for provisioning
511 * added support for configuring CA certificate as DER file and as a
513 * fixed private key configuration as configuration blob and added
514 support for using PKCS#12 as a blob
515 * tls_gnutls: added support for using PKCS#12 files; added support for
517 * added support for loading trusted CA certificates from Windows
518 certificate store: ca_cert="cert_store://<name>", where <name> is
519 likely CA (Intermediate CA certificates) or ROOT (root certificates)
520 * added C version of ndis_events.cpp and made it possible to build this
521 with MinGW so that CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED can be used more
522 easily on cross-compilation builds
523 * added wpasvc.exe into Windows binary release; this is an alternative
524 version of wpa_supplicant.exe with configuration backend using
525 Windows registry and with the entry point designed to run as a
527 * integrated ndis_events.exe functionality into wpa_supplicant.exe and
528 wpasvc.exe and removed this additional tool from the Windows binary
529 release since it is not needed anymore
530 * load winscard.dll functions dynamically when building with MinGW
531 since MinGW does not yet include winscard library
533 2005-11-20 - v0.4.7 (beginning of 0.4.x stable releases)
534 * l2_packet_pcap: fixed wired IEEE 802.1X authentication with libpcap
535 and WinPcap to receive frames sent to PAE group address
536 * disable EAP state machine when IEEE 802.1X authentication is not used
537 in order to get rid of bogus "EAP failed" messages
538 * fixed OpenSSL error reporting to go through all pending errors to
539 avoid confusing reports of old errors being reported at later point
541 * fixed configuration file updating to not write empty variables
542 (e.g., proto or key_mgmt) that the file parser would not accept
543 * fixed ADD_NETWORK ctrl_iface command to use the same default values
544 for variables as empty network definitions read from config file
546 * fixed EAP state machine to not discard EAP-Failure messages in many
547 cases (e.g., during TLS handshake)
548 * fixed a infinite loop in private key reading if the configured file
549 cannot be parsed successfully
550 * driver_madwifi: added support for madwifi-ng
551 * wpa_gui: do not display password/PSK field contents
552 * wpa_gui: added CA certificate configuration
553 * driver_ndis: fixed scan request in ap_scan=2 mode not to change SSID
554 * driver_ndis: include Beacon IEs in AssocInfo in order to notice if
555 the new AP is using different WPA/RSN IE
556 * use longer timeout for IEEE 802.11 association to avoid problems with
557 drivers that may take more than five second to associate
560 * allow fallback to WPA, if mixed WPA+WPA2 networks have mismatch in
561 RSN IE, but WPA IE would match with wpa_supplicant configuration
562 * added support for named configuration blobs in order to avoid having
563 to use file system for external files (e.g., certificates);
564 variables can be set to "blob://<blob name>" instead of file path to
565 use a named blob; supported fields: pac_file, client_cert,
567 * fixed RSN pre-authentication (it was broken in the clean up of WPA
568 state machine interface in v0.4.5)
569 * driver_madwifi: set IEEE80211_KEY_GROUP flag for group keys to make
570 sure the driver configures broadcast decryption correctly
571 * added ca_path (and ca_path2) configuration variables that can be used
572 to configure OpenSSL CA path, e.g., /etc/ssl/certs, for using the
573 system-wide trusted CA list
574 * added support for starting wpa_supplicant without a configuration
575 file (-C argument must be used to set ctrl_interface parameter for
576 this case; in addition, -p argument can be used to provide
577 driver_param; these new arguments can also be used with a
578 configuration to override the values from the configuration)
579 * added global control interface that can be optionally used for adding
580 and removing network interfaces dynamically (-g command line argument
581 for both wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli) without having to restart
582 wpa_supplicant process
584 - try to save configuration whenever something is modified
585 - added WEP key configuration
586 - added possibility to edit the current network configuration
587 * driver_ndis: fixed driver polling not to increase frequency on each
588 received EAPOL frame due to incorrectly cancelled timeout
589 * added simple configuration file examples (in examples subdirectory)
590 * fixed driver_wext.c to filter wireless events based on ifindex to
591 avoid interfaces receiving events from other interfaces
592 * delay sending initial EAPOL-Start couple of seconds to speed up
593 authentication for the most common case of Authenticator starting
594 EAP authentication immediately after association
597 * added a workaround for clearing keys with ndiswrapper to allow
598 roaming from WPA enabled AP to plaintext one
599 * added docbook documentation (doc/docbook) that can be used to
600 generate, e.g., man pages
601 * l2_packet_linux: use socket type SOCK_DGRAM instead of SOCK_RAW for
602 PF_PACKET in order to prepare for network devices that do not use
603 Ethernet headers (e.g., network stack with native IEEE 802.11 frames)
604 * use receipt of EAPOL-Key frame as a lower layer success indication
605 for EAP state machine to allow recovery from dropped EAP-Success
607 * cleaned up internal EAPOL frame processing by not including link
608 layer (Ethernet) header during WPA and EAPOL/EAP processing; this
609 header is added only when transmitted the frame; this makes it easier
610 to use wpa_supplicant on link layers that use different header than
612 * updated EAP-PSK to use draft 9 by default since this can now be
613 tested with hostapd; removed support for draft 3, including
614 server_nai configuration option from network blocks
615 * driver_wired: add PAE address to the multicast address list in order
616 to be able to receive EAPOL frames with drivers that do not include
617 these multicast addresses by default
618 * driver_wext: add support for WE-19
619 * added support for multiple configuration backends (CONFIG_BACKEND
620 option); currently, only 'file' is supported (i.e., the format used
621 in wpa_supplicant.conf)
622 * added support for updating configuration ('wpa_cli save_config');
623 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with global
624 update_config=1 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf; this allows wpa_cli
625 and wpa_gui to store the configuration changes in a permanent store
626 * added GET_NETWORK ctrl_iface command
627 (e.g., 'wpa_cli get_network 0 ssid')
630 * replaced OpenSSL patch for EAP-FAST support
631 (openssl-tls-extensions.patch) with a more generic and correct
632 patch (the new patch is not compatible with the previous one, so the
633 OpenSSL library will need to be patched with the new patch in order
634 to be able to build wpa_supplicant with EAP-FAST support)
635 * added support for using Windows certificate store (through CryptoAPI)
636 for client certificate and private key operations (EAP-TLS)
637 (see wpa_supplicant.conf for more information on how to configure
638 this with private_key)
639 * ported wpa_gui to Windows
640 * added Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 directory); this can be
641 built with the open source version of the Qt4 for Windows
642 * allow non-WPA modes (e.g., IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP) to be used
643 with drivers that do not support WPA
644 * ndis_events: fixed Windows 2000 support
645 * added support for enabling/disabling networks from the list of all
646 configured networks ('wpa_cli enable_network <network id>' and
647 'wpa_cli disable_network <network id>')
648 * added support for adding and removing network from the current
649 configuration ('wpa_cli add_network' and 'wpa_cli remove_network
650 <network id>'); added networks are disabled by default and they can
651 be enabled with enable_network command once the configuration is done
652 for the new network; note: configuration file is not yet updated, so
653 these new networks are lost when wpa_supplicant is restarted
654 * added support for setting network configuration parameters through
655 the control interface, for example:
656 wpa_cli set_network 0 ssid "\"my network\""
657 * fixed parsing of strings that include both " and # within double
658 quoted area (e.g., "start"#end")
659 * added EAP workaround for PEAP session resumption: allow outer,
660 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
661 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
662 (this was allowed for PEAPv1 before, but now it is also allowed for
663 PEAPv0 since at least one RADIUS authentication server seems to be
664 doing this for PEAPv0, too)
665 * wpa_gui: added preliminary support for adding new networks to the
666 wpa_supplicant configuration (double click on the scan results to
667 open network configuration)
670 * removed interface for external EAPOL/EAP supplicant (e.g.,
671 Xsupplicant), (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE) since it is not required
672 anymore and is unlikely to be used by anyone
673 * driver_ndis: fixed WinPcap 3.0 support
674 * fixed build with CONFIG_DNET_PCAP=y on Linux
675 * l2_packet: moved different implementations into separate files
679 * driver_ipw: updated driver structures to match with ipw2200-1.0.4
680 (note: ipw2100-1.1.0 is likely to require an update to work with
682 * added support for using ap_scan=2 mode with multiple network blocks;
683 wpa_supplicant will go through the networks one by one until the
684 driver reports a successful association; this uses the same order for
685 networks as scan_ssid=1 scans, i.e., the priority field is ignored
686 and the network block order in the file is used instead
687 * fixed a potential issue in RSN pre-authentication ending up using
688 freed memory if pre-authentication times out
689 * added support for matching alternative subject name extensions of the
690 authentication server certificate; new configuration variables
691 altsubject_match and altsubject_match2
692 * driver_ndis: added support for IEEE 802.1X authentication with wired
694 * added support for querying private key password (EAP-TLS) through the
695 control interface (wpa_cli/wpa_gui) if one is not included in the
697 * driver_broadcom: fixed couple of memory leaks in scan result
699 * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
700 * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
701 * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
702 * added support for using password with EAP-PAX (as an alternative to
703 entering key with eappsk); SHA-1 hash of the password will be used as
705 * added support for arbitrary driver interface parameters through the
706 configuration file with a new driver_param field; this adds a new
707 driver_ops function set_param()
708 * added possibility to override l2_packet module with driver interface
709 API (new send_eapol handler); this can be used to implement driver
710 specific TX/RX functions for EAPOL frames
711 * fixed ctrl_interface_group processing for the case where gid is
712 entered as a number, not group name
713 * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
714 by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
718 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA/WPA2 mode configuration to allow EAPOL
719 packets to be encrypted; this was apparently broken by the changed
720 ioctl order in v0.4.0
721 * driver_madwifi: added preliminary support for compiling against 'BSD'
722 branch of madwifi CVS tree
723 * added support for EAP-MSCHAPv2 password retries within the same EAP
724 authentication session
725 * added support for password changes with EAP-MSCHAPv2 (used when the
726 password has expired)
727 * added support for reading additional certificates from PKCS#12 files
728 and adding them to the certificate chain
729 * fixed association with IEEE 802.1X (no WPA) when dynamic WEP keys
731 * fixed a possible double free in EAP-TTLS fast-reauthentication when
732 identity or password is entered through control interface
733 * display EAP Notification messages to user through control interface
734 with "CTRL-EVENT-EAP-NOTIFICATION" prefix
735 * added GUI version of wpa_cli, wpa_gui; this is not build
736 automatically with 'make'; use 'make wpa_gui' to build (this requires
737 Qt development tools)
738 * added 'disconnect' command to control interface for setting
739 wpa_supplicant in state where it will not associate before
740 'reassociate' command has been used
741 * added support for selecting a network from the list of all configured
742 networks ('wpa_cli select_network <network id>'; this disabled all
743 other networks; to re-enable, 'wpa_cli select_network any')
744 * added support for getting scan results through control interface
745 * added EAP workaround for PEAPv1 session resumption: allow outer,
746 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
747 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
749 2005-04-25 - v0.4.0 (beginning of 0.4.x development releases)
750 * added a new build time option, CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG, that can be
751 used to reduce the size of the wpa_supplicant considerably if
752 debugging code is not needed
753 * fixed EAPOL-Key validation to drop packets with invalid Key Data
754 Length; such frames could have crashed wpa_supplicant due to buffer
756 * added support for wired authentication (IEEE 802.1X on wired
757 Ethernet); driver interface 'wired'
758 * obsoleted set_wpa() handler in the driver interface API (it can be
759 replaced by moving enable/disable functionality into init()/deinit())
760 (calls to set_wpa() are still present for backwards compatibility,
761 but they may be removed in the future)
762 * driver_madwifi: fixed association in plaintext mode
763 * modified the EAP workaround that accepts EAP-Success with incorrect
764 Identifier to be even less strict about verification in order to
765 interoperate with some authentication servers
766 * added support for sending TLS alerts
767 * added support for 'any' SSID wildcard; if ssid is not configured or
768 is set to an empty string, any SSID will be accepted for non-WPA AP
769 * added support for asking PIN (for SIM) from frontends (e.g.,
770 wpa_cli); if a PIN is needed, but not included in the configuration
771 file, a control interface request is sent and EAP processing is
772 delayed until the PIN is available
773 * added support for using external devices (e.g., a smartcard) for
774 private key operations in EAP-TLS (CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y in .config);
775 new wpa_supplicant.conf variables:
776 - global: opensc_engine_path, pkcs11_engine_path, pkcs11_module_path
777 - network: engine, engine_id, key_id
778 * added experimental support for EAP-PAX
779 * added monitor mode for wpa_cli (-a<path to a program to run>) that
780 allows external commands (e.g., shell scripts) to be run based on
781 wpa_supplicant events, e.g., when authentication has been completed
782 and data connection is ready; other related wpa_cli arguments:
783 -B (run in background), -P (write PID file); wpa_supplicant has a new
784 command line argument (-W) that can be used to make it wait until a
785 control interface command is received in order to avoid missing
787 * added support for opportunistic WPA2 PMKSA key caching (disabled by
788 default, can be enabled with proactive_key_caching=1)
789 * fixed RSN IE in 4-Way Handshake message 2/4 for the case where
790 Authenticator rejects PMKSA caching attempt and the driver is not
791 using assoc_info events
792 * added -P<pid file> argument for wpa_supplicant to write the current
793 process id into a file
795 2005-02-12 - v0.3.7 (beginning of 0.3.x stable releases)
796 * added new phase1 option parameter, include_tls_length=1, to force
797 wpa_supplicant to add TLS Message Length field to all TLS messages
798 even if the packet is not fragmented; this may be needed with some
799 authentication servers
800 * fixed WPA/RSN IE verification in message 3 of 4-Way Handshake when
801 using drivers that take care of AP selection (e.g., when using
803 * fixed reprocessing of pending request after ctrl_iface requests for
804 identity/password/otp
805 * fixed ctrl_iface requests for identity/password/otp in Phase 2 of
806 EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS
807 * all drivers using driver_wext: set interface up and select Managed
808 mode when starting wpa_supplicant; set interface down when exiting
809 * renamed driver_ipw2100.c to driver_ipw.c since it now supports both
810 ipw2100 and ipw2200; please note that this also changed the
811 configuration variable in .config to CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW
814 * fixed a busy loop introduced in v0.3.5 for scan result processing
815 when no matching AP is found
818 * added a workaround for an interoperability issue with a Cisco AP
820 * fixed non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to use the same authentication timeout as
821 WPA with IEEE 802.1X (i.e., timeout 10 -> 70 sec to allow
822 retransmission of dropped frames)
823 * fixed issues with 64-bit CPUs and SHA1 cleanup in previous version
824 (e.g., segfault when processing EAPOL-Key frames)
825 * fixed EAP workaround and fast reauthentication configuration for
826 RSN pre-authentication; previously these were disabled and
827 pre-authentication would fail if the used authentication server
828 requires EAP workarounds
829 * added support for blacklisting APs that fail or timeout
830 authentication in ap_scan=1 mode so that all APs are tried in cases
831 where the ones with strongest signal level are failing authentication
832 * fixed CA certificate loading after a failed EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
833 authentication attempt
834 * allow EAP-PEAP/TTLS fast reauthentication only if Phase 2 succeeded
835 in the previous authentication (previously, only Phase 1 success was
839 * added preliminary support for IBSS (ad-hoc) mode configuration
840 (mode=1 in network block); this included a new key_mgmt mode
841 WPA-NONE, i.e., TKIP or CCMP with a fixed key (based on psk) and no
842 key management; see wpa_supplicant.conf for more details and an
843 example on how to configure this (note: this is currently implemented
844 only for driver_hostapd.c, but the changes should be trivial to add
845 in associate() handler for other drivers, too (assuming the driver
847 * added preliminary port for native Windows (i.e., no cygwin) using
851 * added optional support for GNU Readline and History Libraries for
852 wpa_cli (CONFIG_READLINE)
853 * cleaned up EAP state machine <-> method interface and number of
854 small problems with error case processing not terminating on
855 EAP-Failure but waiting for timeout
856 * added couple of workarounds for interoperability issues with a
857 Cisco AP when using WPA2
858 * added support for EAP-FAST (draft-cam-winget-eap-fast-00.txt);
859 Note: This requires a patch for openssl to add support for TLS
860 extensions and number of workarounds for operations without
861 certificates. Proof of concept type of experimental patch is
862 included in openssl-tls-extensions.patch.
865 * fixed private key loading for cases where passphrase is not set
866 * fixed Windows/cygwin L2 packet handler freeing; previous version
867 could cause a segfault when RSN pre-authentication was completed
868 * added support for PMKSA caching with drivers that generate RSN IEs
869 (e.g., NDIS); currently, this is only implemented in driver_ndis.c,
870 but similar code can be easily added to driver_ndiswrapper.c once
871 ndiswrapper gets full support for RSN PMKSA caching
872 * improved recovery from PMKID mismatches by requesting full EAP
873 authentication in case of failed PMKSA caching attempt
874 * driver_ndis: added support for NDIS NdisMIncidateStatus() events
875 (this requires that ndis_events is ran while wpa_supplicant is
877 * driver_ndis: use ADD_WEP/REMOVE_WEP when configuring WEP keys
878 * added support for driver interfaces to replace the interface name
879 based on driver/OS specific mapping, e.g., in case of driver_ndis,
880 this allows the beginning of the adapter description to be used as
882 * added support for CR+LF (Windows-style) line ends in configuration
884 * driver_ndis: enable radio before starting scanning, disable radio
886 * modified association event handler to set portEnabled = FALSE before
887 clearing port Valid in order to reset EAP state machine and avoid
888 problems with new authentication getting ignored because of state
889 machines ending up in AUTHENTICATED/SUCCESS state based on old
891 * added support for driver events to add PMKID candidates in order to
892 allow drivers to give priority to most likely roaming candidates
893 * driver_hostap: moved PrivacyInvoked configuration to associate()
894 function so that this will not be set for plaintext connections
895 * added KEY_MGMT_802_1X_NO_WPA as a new key_mgmt type so that driver
896 interface can distinguish plaintext and IEEE 802.1X (no WPA)
898 * fixed static WEP key configuration to use broadcast/default type for
899 all keys (previously, the default TX key was configured as pairwise/
901 * driver_ndis: added legacy WPA capability detection for non-WPA2
903 * added support for setting static WEP keys for IEEE 802.1X without
904 dynamic WEP keying (eapol_flags=0)
907 * added support for reading PKCS#12 (PFX) files (as a replacement for
908 PEM/DER) to get certificate and private key (CONFIG_PKCS12)
909 * fixed compilation with CONFIG_PCSC=y
910 * added new ap_scan mode, ap_scan=2, for drivers that take care of
911 association, but need to be configured with security policy and SSID,
912 e.g., ndiswrapper and NDIS driver; this mode should allow such
913 drivers to work with hidden SSIDs and optimized roaming; when
914 ap_scan=2 is used, only the first network block in the configuration
915 file is used and this configuration should have explicit security
916 policy (i.e., only one option in the lists) for key_mgmt, pairwise,
917 group, proto variables
918 * added experimental port of wpa_supplicant for Windows
919 - driver_ndis.c driver interface (NDIS OIDs)
920 - currently, this requires cygwin and WinPcap
921 - small utility, win_if_list, can be used to get interface name
922 * control interface can now be removed at build time; add
923 CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y to .config to maintain old functionality
924 * optional Xsupplicant interface can now be removed at build time;
925 (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE=y in .config to bring it back)
926 * added auth_alg to driver interface associate() parameters to make it
927 easier for drivers to configure authentication algorithm as part of
930 2004-12-05 - v0.3.0 (beginning of 0.3.x development releases)
931 * driver_broadcom: added new driver interface for Broadcom wl.o driver
932 (a generic driver for Broadcom IEEE 802.11a/g cards)
933 * wpa_cli: fixed parsing of -p <path> command line argument
934 * PEAPv1: fixed tunneled EAP-Success reply handling to reply with TLS
935 ACK, not tunneled EAP-Success (of which only the first byte was
936 actually send due to a bug in previous code); this seems to
937 interoperate with most RADIUS servers that implements PEAPv1
938 * PEAPv1: added support for terminating PEAP authentication on tunneled
939 EAP-Success message; this can be configured by adding
940 peap_outer_success=0 on phase1 parameters in wpa_supplicant.conf
941 (some RADIUS servers require this whereas others require a tunneled
943 * PEAPv1: changed phase1 option peaplabel to use default to 0, i.e., to
944 the old label for key derivation; previously, the default was 1,
945 but it looks like most existing PEAPv1 implementations use the old
946 label which is thus more suitable default option
947 * added support for EAP-PSK (draft-bersani-eap-psk-03.txt)
948 * fixed parsing of wep_tx_keyidx
949 * added support for configuring list of allowed Phase 2 EAP types
950 (for both EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS) instead of only one type
951 * added support for configuring IEEE 802.11 authentication algorithm
952 (auth_alg; mainly for using Shared Key authentication with static
954 * added support for EAP-AKA (with UMTS SIM)
955 * fixed couple of errors in PCSC handling that could have caused
956 random-looking errors for EAP-SIM
957 * added support for EAP-SIM pseudonyms and fast re-authentication
958 * added support for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS fast re-authentication (TLS
960 * added support for EAP-SIM with two challanges
961 (phase1="sim_min_num_chal=3" can be used to require three challenges)
962 * added support for configuring DH/DSA parameters for an ephemeral DH
963 key exchange (EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS) using new configuration parameters
964 dh_file and dh_file2 (phase 2); this adds support for using DSA keys
965 and optional DH key exchange to achieve forward secracy with RSA keys
966 * added support for matching subject of the authentication server
967 certificate with a substring when using EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS; new
968 configuration variables subject_match and subject_match2
969 * changed SSID configuration in driver_wext.c (used by many driver
970 interfaces) to use ssid_len+1 as the length for SSID since some Linux
972 * fixed couple of unaligned reads in scan result parsing to fix WPA
973 connection on some platforms (e.g., ARM)
974 * added driver interface for Intel ipw2100 driver
975 * added support for LEAP with WPA
976 * added support for larger scan results report (old limit was 4 kB of
977 data, i.e., about 35 or so APs) when using Linux wireless extensions
979 * fixed a bug in PMKSA cache processing: skip sending of EAPOL-Start
980 only if there is a PMKSA cache entry for the current AP
981 * fixed error handling for case where reading of scan results fails:
982 must schedule a new scan or wpa_supplicant will remain waiting
984 * changed debug output to remove shared password/key material by
985 default; all key information can be included with -K command line
986 argument to match the previous behavior
987 * added support for timestamping debug log messages (disabled by
988 default, can be enabled with -t command line argument)
989 * set pairwise/group cipher suite for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to WEP-104
990 if keys are not configured to be used; this fixes IEEE 802.1X mode
991 with drivers that use this information to configure whether Privacy
992 bit can be in Beacon frames (e.g., ndiswrapper)
993 * avoid clearing driver keys if no keys have been configured since last
994 key clear request; this seems to improve reliability of group key
995 handshake for ndiswrapper & NDIS driver which seems to be suffering
996 of some kind of timing issue when the keys are cleared again after
998 * changed driver interface API:
999 - WPA_SUPPLICANT_DRIVER_VERSION define can be used to determine which
1000 version is being used (now, this is set to 2; previously, it was
1002 - pass pointer to private data structure to all calls
1003 - the new API is not backwards compatible; all in-tree driver
1004 interfaces has been converted to the new API
1005 * added support for controlling multiple interfaces (radios) per
1006 wpa_supplicant process; each interface needs to be listed on the
1007 command line (-c, -i, -D arguments) with -N as a separator
1008 (-cwpa1.conf -iwlan0 -Dhostap -N -cwpa2.conf -iath0 -Dmadwifi)
1009 * added a workaround for EAP servers that incorrectly use same Id for
1010 sequential EAP packets
1011 * changed libpcap/libdnet configuration to use .config variable,
1012 CONFIG_DNET_PCAP, instead of requiring Makefile modification
1013 * improved downgrade attack detection in IE verification of msg 3/4:
1014 verify both WPA and RSN IEs, if present, not only the selected one;
1015 reject the AP if an RSN IE is found in msg 3/4, but not in Beacon or
1016 Probe Response frame, and RSN is enabled in wpa_supplicant
1018 * fixed WPA msg 3/4 processing to allow Key Data field contain other
1019 IEs than just one WPA IE
1020 * added support for FreeBSD and driver interface for the BSD net80211
1021 layer (CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=y in .config); please note that some of the
1022 required kernel mods have not yet been committed
1023 * made EAP workarounds configurable; enabled by default, can be
1024 disabled with network block option eap_workaround=0
1026 2004-07-17 - v0.2.4 (beginning of 0.2.x stable releases)
1027 * resolved couple of interoperability issues with EAP-PEAPv1 and
1028 Phase 2 (inner EAP) fragment reassembly
1029 * driver_madwifi: fixed WEP key configuration for IEEE 802.1X when the
1030 AP is using non-zero key index for the unicast key and key index zero
1031 for the broadcast key
1032 * driver_hostap: fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key updates and
1033 re-authentication by allowing unencrypted EAPOL frames when not using
1035 * added a new driver interface, 'wext', which uses only standard,
1036 driver independent functionality in Linux wireless extensions;
1037 currently, this can be used only for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode, but
1038 eventually, this is to be extended to support full WPA/WPA2 once
1039 Linux wireless extensions get support for this
1040 * added support for mode in which the driver is responsible for AP
1041 scanning and selection; this is disabled by default and can be
1042 enabled with global ap_scan=0 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf;
1043 this mode can be used, e.g., with generic 'wext' driver interface to
1044 use wpa_supplicant as IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with any Linux driver
1045 supporting wireless extensions.
1046 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA2 configuration and scan_ssid=1 (e.g.,
1047 operation with an AP that does not include SSID in the Beacon frames)
1048 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
1049 EAP-TTLS/EAP-OTP, EAP-PEAPv0/OTP, EAP-PEAPv1/OTP, EAP-OTP
1050 * added support for asking one-time-passwords from frontends (e.g.,
1051 wpa_cli); this 'otp' command works otherwise like 'password' command,
1052 but the password is used only once and the frontend will be asked for
1053 a new password whenever a request from authenticator requires a
1054 password; this can be used with both EAP-OTP and EAP-GTC
1055 * changed wpa_cli to automatically re-establish connection so that it
1056 does not need to be re-started when wpa_supplicant is terminated and
1058 * improved user data (identity/password/otp) requests through
1059 frontends: process pending EAPOL packets after getting new
1060 information so that full authentication does not need to be
1061 restarted; in addition, send pending requests again whenever a new
1062 frontend is attached
1063 * changed control frontends to use a new directory for socket files to
1064 make it easier for wpa_cli to automatically select between interfaces
1065 and to provide access control for the control interface;
1066 wpa_supplicant.conf: ctrl_interface is now a path
1067 (/var/run/wpa_supplicant is the recommended path) and
1068 ctrl_interface_group can be used to select which group gets access to
1069 the control interface;
1070 wpa_cli: by default, try to connect to the first interface available
1071 in /var/run/wpa_supplicant; this path can be overriden with -p option
1072 and an interface can be selected with -i option (i.e., in most common
1073 cases, wpa_cli does not need to get any arguments)
1074 * added support for LEAP
1075 * added driver interface for Linux ndiswrapper
1076 * added priority option for network blocks in the configuration file;
1077 this allows networks to be grouped based on priority (the scan
1078 results are searched for matches with network blocks in this order)
1081 * sort scan results to improve AP selection
1082 * fixed control interface socket removal for some error cases
1083 * improved scan requesting and authentication timeout
1084 * small improvements/bug fixes for EAP-MSCHAPv2, EAP-PEAP, and
1086 * PEAP version can now be forced with phase1="peapver=<ver>"
1087 (mostly for testing; by default, the highest version supported by
1088 both the Supplicant and Authentication Server is selected
1090 * added support for madwifi driver (Atheros ar521x)
1091 * added a workaround for cases where AP sets Install Tx/Rx bit for
1092 WPA Group Key messages when pairwise keys are used (without this,
1093 the Group Key would be used for Tx and the AP would drop frames
1095 * added GSM SIM/USIM interface for GSM authentication algorithm for
1096 EAP-SIM; this requires pcsc-lite
1097 * added support for ATMEL AT76C5XXx driver
1098 * fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key derivation in the case where Authenticator
1099 does not include key data in the EAPOL-Key frame (i.e., part of
1100 EAP keying material is used as data encryption key)
1101 * added support for using plaintext and static WEP networks
1105 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
1106 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MD5-Challenge
1108 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MSCHAPv2
1116 EAP-PEAP/MD5-Challenge
1118 EAP-SIM (not yet complete; needs GSM/SIM authentication interface)
1119 * added support for anonymous identity (to be used when identity is
1120 sent in plaintext; real identity will be used within TLS protected
1121 tunnel (e.g., with EAP-TTLS)
1122 * added event messages from wpa_supplicant to frontends, e.g., wpa_cli
1123 * added support for requesting identity and password information using
1124 control interface; in other words, the password for EAP-PEAP or
1125 EAP-TTLS does not need to be included in the configuration file since
1126 a frontand (e.g., wpa_cli) can ask it from the user
1127 * improved RSN pre-authentication to use a candidate list and process
1128 all candidates from each scan; not only one per scan
1129 * fixed RSN IE and WPA IE capabilities field parsing
1130 * ignore Tx bit in GTK IE when Pairwise keys are used
1131 * avoid making new scan requests during IEEE 802.1X negotiation
1132 * use openssl/libcrypto for MD5 and SHA-1 when compiling wpa_supplicant
1133 with TLS support (this replaces the included implementation with
1134 library code to save about 8 kB since the library code is needed
1136 * fixed WPA-PSK only mode when compiled without IEEE 802.1X support
1137 (i.e., without CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y in .config)
1140 * added support for internal IEEE 802.1X (actually, IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1)
1142 - EAPOL state machines for Supplicant [IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1]
1143 - EAP peer state machine [draft-ietf-eap-statemachine-02.pdf]
1144 - EAP-MD5 (cannot be used with WPA-RADIUS)
1145 [draft-ietf-eap-rfc2284bis-09.txt]
1146 - EAP-TLS [RFC 2716]
1147 - EAP-MSCHAPv2 (currently used only with EAP-PEAP)
1148 - EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2 [draft-josefsson-pppext-eap-tls-eap-07.txt]
1149 [draft-kamath-pppext-eap-mschapv2-00.txt]
1150 (PEAP version 0, 1, and parts of 2; only 0 and 1 are enabled by
1151 default; tested with FreeRADIUS, Microsoft IAS, and Funk Odyssey)
1152 - new configuration file options: eap, identity, password, ca_cert,
1153 client_cert, privatekey, private_key_passwd
1154 - Xsupplicant is not required anymore, but it can be used by
1155 disabling the internal IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with -e command line
1157 - this code is not included in the default build; Makefile need to
1158 be edited for this (uncomment lines for selected functionality)
1159 - EAP-TLS and EAP-PEAP require openssl libraries
1160 * use module prefix in debug messages (WPA, EAP, EAP-TLS, ..)
1161 * added support for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode with dynamic WEP keys
1162 (i.e., complete IEEE 802.1X/EAP authentication and use IEEE 802.1X
1163 EAPOL-Key frames instead of WPA key handshakes)
1164 * added support for IEEE 802.11i/RSN (WPA2)
1165 - improved PTK Key Handshake
1166 - PMKSA caching, pre-authentication
1167 * fixed wpa_supplicant to ignore possible extra data after WPA
1168 EAPOL-Key packets (this fixes 'Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using
1169 TPTK' error from message 3 of 4-Way Handshake in case the AP
1170 includes extra data after the EAPOL-Key)
1171 * added interface for external programs (frontends) to control
1173 - CLI example (wpa_cli) with interactive mode and command line
1175 - replaced SIGUSR1 status/statistics with the new control interface
1176 * made some feature compile time configurable
1177 - .config file for make
1178 - driver interfaces (hostap, hermes, ..)
1179 - EAPOL/EAP functions
1182 * Initial version of wpa_supplicant
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