ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant
-????-??-?? - v0.6.7
+2010-04-18 - v0.7.2
+ * nl80211: fixed number of issues with roaming
+ * avoid unnecessary roaming if multiple APs with similar signal
+ strength are present in scan results
+ * add TLS client events and server probing to ease design of
+ automatic detection of EAP parameters
+ * add option for server certificate matching (SHA256 hash of the
+ certificate) instead of trusted CA certificate configuration
+ * bsd: Cleaned up driver wrapper and added various low-level
+ configuration options
+ * wpa_gui-qt4: do not show too frequent WPS AP available events as
+ tray messages
+ * TNC: fixed issues with fragmentation
+ * EAP-TNC: add Flags field into fragment acknowledgement (needed to
+ interoperate with other implementations; may potentially breaks
+ compatibility with older wpa_supplicant/hostapd versions)
+ * wpa_cli: added option for using a separate process to receive event
+ messages to reduce latency in showing these
+ (CFLAGS += -DCONFIG_WPA_CLI_FORK=y in .config to enable this)
+ * maximum BSS table size can now be configured (bss_max_count)
+ * BSSes to be included in the BSS table can be filtered based on
+ configured SSIDs to save memory (filter_ssids)
+ * fix number of issues with IEEE 802.11r/FT; this version is not
+ backwards compatible with old versions
+ * nl80211: add support for IEEE 802.11r/FT protocol (both over-the-air
+ and over-the-DS)
+ * add freq_list network configuration parameter to allow the AP
+ selection to filter out entries based on the operating channel
+ * add signal strength change events for bgscan; this allows more
+ dynamic changes to background scanning interval based on changes in
+ the signal strength with the current AP; this improves roaming within
+ ESS quite a bit, e.g., with bgscan="simple:30:-45:300" in the network
+ configuration block to request background scans less frequently when
+ signal strength remains good and to automatically trigger background
+ scans whenever signal strength drops noticeably
+ (this is currently only available with nl80211)
+ * add BSSID and reason code (if available) to disconnect event messages
+ * wpa_gui-qt4: more complete support for translating the GUI with
+ linguist and add German translation
+ * fix DH padding with internal crypto code (mainly, for WPS)
+ * do not trigger initial scan automatically anymore if there are no
+ enabled networks
+
+2010-01-16 - v0.7.1
+ * cleaned up driver wrapper API (struct wpa_driver_ops); the new API
+ is not fully backwards compatible, so out-of-tree driver wrappers
+ will need modifications
+ * cleaned up various module interfaces
+ * merge hostapd and wpa_supplicant developers' documentation into a
+ single document
+ * nl80211: use explicit deauthentication to clear cfg80211 state to
+ avoid issues when roaming between APs
+ * dbus: major design changes in the new D-Bus API
+ (fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1)
+ * nl80211: added support for IBSS networks
+ * added internal debugging mechanism with backtrace support and memory
+ allocation/freeing validation, etc. tests (CONFIG_WPA_TRACE=y)
+ * added WPS ER unsubscription command to more cleanly unregister from
+ receiving UPnP events when ER is terminated
+ * cleaned up AP mode operations to avoid need for virtual driver_ops
+ wrapper
+ * added BSS table to maintain more complete scan result information
+ over multiple scans (that may include only partial results)
+ * wpa_gui-qt4: update Peers dialog information more dynamically while
+ the dialog is kept open
+ * fixed PKCS#12 use with OpenSSL 1.0.0
+ * driver_wext: Added cfg80211-specific optimization to avoid some
+ unnecessary scans and to speed up association
+
+2009-11-21 - v0.7.0
+ * increased wpa_cli ping interval to 5 seconds and made this
+ configurable with a new command line options (-G<seconds>)
+ * fixed scan buffer processing with WEXT to handle up to 65535
+ byte result buffer (previously, limited to 32768 bytes)
+ * allow multiple driver wrappers to be specified on command line
+ (e.g., -Dnl80211,wext); the first one that is able to initialize the
+ interface will be used
+ * added support for multiple SSIDs per scan request to optimize
+ scan_ssid=1 operations in ap_scan=1 mode (i.e., search for hidden
+ SSIDs); this requires driver support and can currently be used only
+ with nl80211
+ * added support for WPS USBA out-of-band mechanism with USB Flash
+ Drives (UFD) (CONFIG_WPS_UFD=y)
+ * driver_ndis: add PAE group address to the multicast address list to
+ fix wired IEEE 802.1X authentication
+ * fixed IEEE 802.11r key derivation function to match with the standard
+ (note: this breaks interoperability with previous version) [Bug 303]
+ * added better support for drivers that allow separate authentication
+ and association commands (e.g., mac80211-based Linux drivers with
+ nl80211; SME in wpa_supplicant); this allows over-the-air FT protocol
+ to be used (IEEE 802.11r)
+ * fixed SHA-256 based key derivation function to match with the
+ standard when using CCMP (for IEEE 802.11r and IEEE 802.11w)
+ (note: this breaks interoperability with previous version) [Bug 307]
+ * use shared driver wrapper files with hostapd
+ * added AP mode functionality (CONFIG_AP=y) with mode=2 in the network
+ block; this can be used for open and WPA2-Personal networks
+ (optionally, with WPS); this links in parts of hostapd functionality
+ into wpa_supplicant
+ * wpa_gui-qt4: added new Peers dialog to show information about peers
+ (other devices, including APs and stations, etc. in the neighborhood)
+ * added support for WPS External Registrar functionality (configure APs
+ and enroll new devices); can be used with wpa_gui-qt4 Peers dialog
+ and wpa_cli commands wps_er_start, wps_er_stop, wps_er_pin,
+ wps_er_pbc, wps_er_learn
+ (this can also be used with a new 'none' driver wrapper if no
+ wireless device or IEEE 802.1X on wired is needed)
+ * driver_nl80211: multiple updates to provide support for new Linux
+ nl80211/mac80211 functionality
+ * updated management frame protection to use IEEE Std 802.11w-2009
+ * fixed number of small WPS issues and added workarounds to
+ interoperate with common deployed broken implementations
+ * added support for NFC out-of-band mechanism with WPS
+ * driver_ndis: fixed wired IEEE 802.1X authentication with PAE group
+ address frames
+ * added preliminary support for IEEE 802.11r RIC processing
+ * added support for specifying subset of enabled frequencies to scan
+ (scan_freq option in the network configuration block); this can speed
+ up scanning process considerably if it is known that only a small
+ subset of channels is actually used in the network (this is currently
+ supported only with -Dnl80211)
+ * added a workaround for race condition between receiving the
+ association event and the following EAPOL-Key
+ * added background scan and roaming infrastructure to allow
+ network-specific optimizations to be used to improve roaming within
+ an ESS (same SSID)
+ * added new DBus interface (fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1)
+
+2009-01-06 - v0.6.7
* added support for Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
(wpa_supplicant can now be configured to act as a WPS Enrollee to
enroll credentials for a network using PIN and PBC methods; in
manage WPS negotiation; see README-WPS for more details
* added support for EAP-AKA' (draft-arkko-eap-aka-kdf)
* added support for using driver_test over UDP socket
+ * fixed PEAPv0 Cryptobinding interoperability issue with Windows Server
+ 2008 NPS; optional cryptobinding is now enabled (again) by default
+ * fixed PSK editing in wpa_gui
+ * changed EAP-GPSK to use the IANA assigned EAP method type 51
+ * added a Windows installer that includes WinPcap and all the needed
+ DLLs; in addition, it set up the registry automatically so that user
+ will only need start wpa_gui to get prompted to start the wpasvc
+ servide and add a new interface if needed through wpa_gui dialog
+ * updated management frame protection to use IEEE 802.11w/D7.0
2008-11-23 - v0.6.6
* added Milenage SIM/USIM emulator for EAP-SIM/EAP-AKA
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