4 * fixed number of minor issues identified in static analyzer warnings
5 * fixed DFS and channel switch operation for multi-BSS cases
6 * started to use constant time comparison for various password and hash
7 values to reduce possibility of any externally measurable timing
9 * extended explicit clearing of freed memory and expired keys to avoid
10 keeping private data in memory longer than necessary
11 * added support for number of new RADIUS attributes from RFC 7268
12 (Mobility-Domain-Id, WLAN-HESSID, WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher,
13 WLAN-Group-Cipher, WLAN-AKM-Suite, WLAN-Group-Mgmt-Pairwise-Cipher)
14 * fixed GET_CONFIG wpa_pairwise_cipher value
15 * added code to clear bridge FDB entry on station disconnection
16 * fixed PMKSA cache timeout from Session-Timeout for WPA/WPA2 cases
17 * fixed OKC PMKSA cache entry fetch to avoid a possible infinite loop
18 in case the first entry does not match
19 * fixed hostapd_cli action script execution to use more robust mechanism
23 * fixed SAE confirm-before-commit validation to avoid a potential
24 segmentation fault in an unexpected message sequence that could be
26 * extended VHT support
27 - Operating Mode Notification
28 - Power Constraint element (local_pwr_constraint)
29 - Spectrum management capability (spectrum_mgmt_required=1)
30 - fix VHT80 segment picking in ACS
31 - fix vht_capab 'Maximum A-MPDU Length Exponent' handling
33 * fixed HT40 co-ex scan for some pri/sec channel switches
34 * extended HT40 co-ex support to allow dynamic channel width changes
35 during the lifetime of the BSS
36 * fixed HT40 co-ex support to check for overlapping 20 MHz BSS
37 * fixed MSCHAP UTF-8 to UCS-2 conversion for three-byte encoding;
38 this fixes password with include UTF-8 characters that use
39 three-byte encoding EAP methods that use NtPasswordHash
40 * reverted TLS certificate validation step change in v2.1 that rejected
41 any AAA server certificate with id-kp-clientAuth even if
42 id-kp-serverAuth EKU was included
43 * fixed STA validation step for WPS ER commands to prevent a potential
44 crash if an ER sends an unexpected PutWLANResponse to a station that
45 is disassociated, but not fully removed
46 * enforce full EAP authentication after RADIUS Disconnect-Request by
47 removing the PMKSA cache entry
48 * added support for NAS-IP-Address, NAS-identifier, and NAS-IPv6-Address
49 in RADIUS Disconnect-Request
50 * added mechanism for removing addresses for MAC ACLs by prefixing an
52 * Interworking/Hotspot 2.0 enhancements
53 - support Hotspot 2.0 Release 2
54 * OSEN network for online signup connection
55 * subscription remediation (based on RADIUS server request or
56 control interface HS20_WNM_NOTIF for testing purposes)
57 * Hotspot 2.0 release number indication in WFA RADIUS VSA
58 * deauthentication request (based on RADIUS server request or
59 control interface WNM_DEAUTH_REQ for testing purposes)
60 * Session Info URL RADIUS AVP to trigger ESS Disassociation Imminent
61 * hs20_icon config parameter to configure icon files for OSU
62 * osu_* config parameters for OSU Providers list
63 - do not use Interworking filtering rules on Probe Request if
64 Interworking is disabled to avoid interop issues
65 * added/fixed nl80211 functionality
66 - AP interface teardown optimization
67 - support vendor specific driver command
68 (VENDOR <vendor id> <sub command id> [<hex formatted data>])
69 * fixed PMF protection of Deauthentication frame when this is triggered
71 * internal TLS implementation enhancements/fixes
72 - add SHA256-based cipher suites
73 - add DHE-RSA cipher suites
74 - fix X.509 validation of PKCS#1 signature to check for extra data
75 * RADIUS server functionality
76 - add minimal RADIUS accounting server support (hostapd-as-server);
77 this is mainly to enable testing coverage with hwsim scripts
78 - allow authentication log to be written into SQLite databse
79 - added option for TLS protocol testing of an EAP peer by simulating
80 various misbehaviors/known attacks
81 - MAC ACL support for testing purposes
82 * fixed PTK derivation for CCMP-256 and GCMP-256
83 * extended WPS per-station PSK to support ER case
84 * added option to configure the management group cipher
85 (group_mgmt_cipher=AES-128-CMAC (default), BIP-GMAC-128, BIP-GMAC-256,
87 * fixed AP mode default TXOP Limit values for AC_VI and AC_VO (these
88 were rounded incorrectly)
89 * added support for postponing FT response in case PMK-R1 needs to be
91 * added option to advertise 40 MHz intolerant HT capability with
92 ht_capab=[40-INTOLERANT]
93 * remove WPS 1.0 only support, i.e., WSC 2.0 support is now enabled
94 whenever CONFIG_WPS=y is set
96 - fix possible segmentation fault on EAP method deinit if an invalid
98 * fixed RADIUS client retransmit/failover behavior
99 - there was a potential ctash due to freed memory being accessed
100 - failover to a backup server mechanism did not work properly
101 * fixed a possible crash on double DISABLE command when multiple BSSes
103 * fixed a memory leak in SAE random number generation
104 * fixed GTK rekeying when the station uses FT protocol
105 * fixed off-by-one bounds checking in printf_encode()
106 - this could result in deinial of service in some EAP server cases
110 * added support for simultaneous authentication of equals (SAE) for
111 stronger password-based authentication with WPA2-Personal
112 * added nl80211 functionality
113 - VHT configuration for nl80211
114 - support split wiphy dump
115 - driver-based MAC ACL
116 - QoS Mapping configuration
117 * added fully automated regression testing with mac80211_hwsim
118 * allow ctrl_iface group to be specified on command line (-G<group>)
119 * allow single hostapd process to control independent WPS interfaces
120 (wps_independent=1) instead of synchronized operations through all
121 configured interfaces within a process
122 * avoid processing received management frames multiple times when using
123 nl80211 with multiple BSSes
124 * added support for DFS (processing radar detection events, CAC, channel
126 * added EAP-EKE server
127 * added automatic channel selection (ACS)
128 * added option for using per-BSS (vif) configuration files with
129 -b<phyname>:<config file name>
130 * extended global control interface ADD/REMOVE commands to allow BSSes
131 of a radio to be removed individually without having to add/remove all
132 other BSSes of the radio at the same time
133 * added support for sending debug info to Linux tracing (-T on command
135 * replace dump_file functionality with same information being available
136 through the hostapd control interface
137 * added support for using Protected Dual of Public Action frames for
138 GAS/ANQP exchanges when PMF is enabled
139 * added support for WPS+NFC updates
141 - option to fetch and report alternative carrier records for external
146 * added AP-STA-DISCONNECTED ctrl_iface event
147 * improved debug logging (human readable event names, interface name
148 included in more entries)
149 * added number of small changes to make it easier for static analyzers
150 to understand the implementation
151 * added a workaround for Windows 7 Michael MIC failure reporting and
152 use of the Secure bit in EAPOL-Key msg 3/4
153 * fixed number of small bugs (see git logs for more details)
154 * changed OpenSSL to read full certificate chain from server_cert file
155 * nl80211: number of updates to use new cfg80211/nl80211 functionality
156 - replace monitor interface with nl80211 commands
157 - additional information for driver-based AP SME
159 - fix KDF for group 21 and zero-padding
160 - added support for fragmentation
161 - increased maximum number of hunting-and-pecking iterations
162 * avoid excessive Probe Response retries for broadcast Probe Request
163 frames (only with drivers using hostapd SME/MLME)
164 * added preliminary support for using TLS v1.2 (CONFIG_TLSV12=y)
165 * fixed WPS operation stopping on dual concurrent AP
166 * added wps_rf_bands configuration parameter for overriding RF Bands
168 * added support for getting per-device PSK from RADIUS Tunnel-Password
169 * added support for libnl 3.2 and newer
170 * increased initial group key handshake retransmit timeout to 500 ms
171 * added a workaround for 4-way handshake to update SNonce even after
172 having sent EAPOL-Key 3/4 to avoid issues with some supplicant
173 implementations that can change SNonce for each EAP-Key 2/4
174 * added a workaround for EAPOL-Key 4/4 using incorrect type value in
175 WPA2 mode (some deployed stations use WPA type in that message)
176 * added a WPS workaround for mixed mode AP Settings with Windows 7
177 * changed WPS AP PIN disabling mechanism to disable the PIN after 10
178 consecutive failures in addition to using the exponential lockout
180 * added support for WFA Hotspot 2.0
181 - GAS/ANQP advertisement of network information
182 - disable_dgaf parameter to disable downstream group-addressed
184 * simplified licensing terms by selecting the BSD license as the only
186 * EAP-SIM: fixed re-authentication not to update pseudonym
187 * EAP-SIM: use Notification round before EAP-Failure
188 * EAP-AKA: added support for AT_COUNTER_TOO_SMALL
189 * EAP-AKA: skip AKA/Identity exchange if EAP identity is recognized
190 * EAP-AKA': fixed identity for MK derivation
191 * EAP-AKA': updated to RFC 5448 (username prefixes changed); note: this
192 breaks interoperability with older versions
193 * EAP-SIM/AKA: allow pseudonym to be used after unknown reauth id
194 * changed ANonce to be a random number instead of Counter-based
195 * added support for canceling WPS operations with hostapd_cli wps_cancel
196 * fixed EAP/WPS to PSK transition on reassociation in cases where
197 deauthentication is missed
198 * hlr_auc_gw enhancements:
199 - a new command line parameter -u can be used to enable updating of
201 - use 5 bit IND for SQN updates
202 - SQLite database can now be used to store Milenage information
203 * EAP-SIM/AKA DB: added optional use of SQLite database for pseudonyms
205 * added support for Chargeable-User-Identity (RFC 4372)
206 * added radius_auth_req_attr and radius_acct_req_attr configuration
207 parameters to allow adding/overriding of RADIUS attributes in
208 Access-Request and Accounting-Request packets
209 * added support for RADIUS dynamic authorization server (RFC 5176)
210 * added initial support for WNM operations
211 - BSS max idle period
213 * added new WPS NFC ctrl_iface mechanism
214 - removed obsoleted WPS_OOB command (including support for deprecated
216 * added FT support for drivers that implement MLME internally
217 * added SA Query support for drivers that implement MLME internally
218 * removed default ACM=1 from AC_VO and AC_VI
219 * changed VENDOR-TEST EAP method to use proper private enterprise number
220 (this will not interoperate with older versions)
221 * added hostapd.conf parameter vendor_elements to allow arbitrary vendor
222 specific elements to be added to the Beacon and Probe Response frames
223 * added support for configuring GCMP cipher for IEEE 802.11ad
224 * added support for 256-bit AES with internal TLS implementation
225 * changed EAPOL transmission to use AC_VO if WMM is active
226 * fixed EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS/FAST server to validate TLS Message Length
227 correctly; invalid messages could have caused the hostapd process to
228 terminate before this fix [CVE-2012-4445]
229 * limit number of active wildcard PINs for WPS Registrar to one to avoid
230 confusing behavior with multiple wildcard PINs
231 * added a workaround for WPS PBC session overlap detection to avoid
232 interop issues with deployed station implementations that do not
233 remove active PBC indication from Probe Request frames properly
234 * added support for using SQLite for the eap_user database
235 * added Acct-Session-Id attribute into Access-Request messages
236 * fixed EAPOL frame transmission to non-QoS STAs with nl80211
237 (do not send QoS frames if the STA did not negotiate use of QoS for
241 * Add channel selection support in hostapd. See hostapd.conf.
242 * Add support for IEEE 802.11v Time Advertisement mechanism with UTC
243 TSF offset. See hostapd.conf for config info.
244 * Delay STA entry removal until Deauth/Disassoc TX status in AP mode.
245 This allows the driver to use PS buffering of Deauthentication and
246 Disassociation frames when the STA is in power save sleep. Only
247 available with drivers that provide TX status events for Deauth/
248 Disassoc frames (nl80211).
249 * Allow PMKSA caching to be disabled on the Authenticator. See
250 hostap.conf config parameter disable_pmksa_caching.
251 * atheros: Add support for IEEE 802.11w configuration.
252 * bsd: Add support for setting HT values in IFM_MMASK.
253 * Allow client isolation to be configured with ap_isolate. Client
254 isolation can be used to prevent low-level bridging of frames
255 between associated stations in the BSS. By default, this bridging
257 * Allow coexistance of HT BSSes with WEP/TKIP BSSes.
258 * Add require_ht config parameter, which can be used to configure
259 hostapd to reject association with any station that does not support
261 * Add support for writing debug log to a file using "-f" option. Also
262 add relog CLI command to re-open the log file.
263 * Add bridge handling for WDS STA interfaces. By default they are
264 added to the configured bridge of the AP interface (if present),
265 but the user can also specify a separate bridge using cli command
268 - Add wds_bridge command for specifying bridge for WDS STA
270 - Add relog command for reopening log file.
271 - Send AP-STA-DISCONNECTED event when an AP disconnects a station
273 - Add wps_config ctrl_interface command for configuring AP. This
274 command can be used to configure the AP using the internal WPS
275 registrar. It works in the same way as new AP settings received
277 - Many WPS/WPS ER commands - see WPS/WPS ER sections for details.
278 - Add command get version, that returns hostapd version string.
279 * WNM: Add BSS Transition Management Request for ESS Disassoc Imminent.
280 Use hostapd_cli ess_disassoc (STA addr) (URL) to send the
281 notification to the STA.
282 * Allow AP mode to disconnect STAs based on low ACK condition (when
283 the data connection is not working properly, e.g., due to the STA
284 going outside the range of the AP). Disabled by default, enable by
285 config option disassoc_low_ack.
286 * Add WPA_IGNORE_CONFIG_ERRORS build option to continue in case of bad
289 - Send AP Settings as a wrapped Credential attribute to ctrl_iface
290 in WPS-NEW-AP-SETTINGS.
291 - Dispatch more WPS events through hostapd ctrl_iface.
292 - Add mechanism for indicating non-standard WPS errors.
293 - Change concurrent radio AP to use only one WPS UPnP instance.
294 - Add wps_check_pin command for processing PIN from user input.
295 UIs can use this command to process a PIN entered by a user and to
296 validate the checksum digit (if present).
297 - Add hostap_cli get_config command to display current AP config.
298 - Add new hostapd_cli command, wps_ap_pin, to manage AP PIN at
299 runtime and support dynamic AP PIN management.
300 - Disable AP PIN after 10 consecutive failures. Slow down attacks
301 on failures up to 10.
302 - Allow AP to start in Enrollee mode without AP PIN for probing,
303 to be compatible with Windows 7.
304 - Add Config Error into WPS-FAIL events to provide more info
305 to the user on how to resolve the issue.
306 - When controlling multiple interfaces:
307 - apply WPS commands to all interfaces configured to use WPS
308 - apply WPS config changes to all interfaces that use WPS
309 - when an attack is detected on any interface, disable AP PIN on
312 - Show SetSelectedRegistrar events as ctrl_iface events.
313 - Add special AP Setup Locked mode to allow read only ER.
314 ap_setup_locked=2 can now be used to enable a special mode where
315 WPS ER can learn the current AP settings, but cannot change them.
316 * WPS 2.0: Add support for WPS 2.0 (CONFIG_WPS2)
317 - Add build option CONFIG_WPS_EXTENSIBILITY_TESTING to enable tool
318 for testing protocol extensibility.
319 - Add build option CONFIG_WPS_STRICT to allow disabling of WPS
321 - Add support for AuthorizedMACs attribute.
323 - Allow TDLS use or TDLS channel switching in the BSS to be
324 prohibited in the BSS, using config params tdls_prohibit and
325 tdls_prohibit_chan_switch.
326 * EAP server: Add support for configuring fragment size (see
327 fragment_size in hostapd.conf).
328 * wlantest: Add a tool wlantest for IEEE802.11 protocol testing.
329 wlantest can be used to capture frames from a monitor interface
330 for realtime capturing or from pcap files for offline analysis.
331 * Interworking: Support added for 802.11u. Enable in .config with
332 CONFIG_INTERWORKING. See hostapd.conf for config parameters for
334 * Android: Add build and runtime support for Android hostapd.
335 * Add a new debug message level for excessive information. Use
337 * TLS: Add support for tls_disable_time_checks=1 in client mode.
339 - Add support for TLS v1.1 (RFC 4346). Enable with build parameter
341 - Add domainComponent parser for X.509 names
342 * Reorder some IEs to get closer to IEEE 802.11 standard. Move
343 WMM into end of Beacon, Probe Resp and (Re)Assoc Resp frames.
344 Move HT IEs to be later in (Re)Assoc Resp.
348 * fix WPS internal Registrar use when an external Registrar is also
350 * bsd: Cleaned up driver wrapper and added various low-level
351 configuration options
352 * TNC: fixed issues with fragmentation
353 * EAP-TNC: add Flags field into fragment acknowledgement (needed to
354 interoperate with other implementations; may potentially breaks
355 compatibility with older wpa_supplicant/hostapd versions)
356 * cleaned up driver wrapper API for multi-BSS operations
357 * nl80211: fix multi-BSS and VLAN operations
358 * fix number of issues with IEEE 802.11r/FT; this version is not
359 backwards compatible with old versions
360 * add SA Query Request processing in AP mode (IEEE 802.11w)
361 * fix IGTK PN in group rekeying (IEEE 802.11w)
362 * fix WPS PBC session overlap detection to use correct attribute
363 * hostapd_notif_Assoc() can now be called with all IEs to simplify
365 * work around interoperability issue with some WPS External Registrar
367 * nl80211: fix WPS IE update
368 * hostapd_cli: add support for action script operations (run a script
370 * fix DH padding with internal crypto code (mainly, for WPS)
371 * fix WPS association with both WPS IE and WPA/RSN IE present with
372 driver wrappers that use hostapd MLME (e.g., nl80211)
375 * cleaned up driver wrapper API (struct wpa_driver_ops); the new API
376 is not fully backwards compatible, so out-of-tree driver wrappers
377 will need modifications
378 * cleaned up various module interfaces
379 * merge hostapd and wpa_supplicant developers' documentation into a
381 * fixed HT Capabilities IE with nl80211 drivers
382 * moved generic AP functionality code into src/ap
383 * WPS: handle Selected Registrar as union of info from all Registrars
384 * remove obsolte Prism54.org driver wrapper
385 * added internal debugging mechanism with backtrace support and memory
386 allocation/freeing validation, etc. tests (CONFIG_WPA_TRACE=y)
387 * EAP-FAST server: piggyback Phase 2 start with the end of Phase 1
388 * WPS: add support for dynamically selecting whether to provision the
389 PSK as an ASCII passphrase or PSK
390 * added support for WDS (4-address frame) mode with per-station virtual
391 interfaces (wds_sta=1 in config file; only supported with
392 driver=nl80211 for now)
393 * fixed WPS Probe Request processing to handle missing required
395 * fixed PKCS#12 use with OpenSSL 1.0.0
396 * detect bridge interface automatically so that bridge parameter in
397 hostapd.conf becomes optional (though, it may now be used to
398 automatically add then WLAN interface into a bridge with
402 * increased hostapd_cli ping interval to 5 seconds and made this
403 configurable with a new command line options (-G<seconds>)
404 * driver_nl80211: use Linux socket filter to improve performance
405 * added support for external Registrars with WPS (UPnP transport)
406 * 802.11n: scan for overlapping BSSes before starting 20/40 MHz channel
407 * driver_nl80211: fixed STA accounting data collection (TX/RX bytes
408 reported correctly; TX/RX packets not yet available from kernel)
409 * added support for WPS USBA out-of-band mechanism with USB Flash
410 Drives (UFD) (CONFIG_WPS_UFD=y)
411 * fixed EAPOL/EAP reauthentication when using an external RADIUS
412 authentication server
413 * fixed TNC with EAP-TTLS
414 * fixed IEEE 802.11r key derivation function to match with the standard
415 (note: this breaks interoperability with previous version) [Bug 303]
416 * fixed SHA-256 based key derivation function to match with the
417 standard when using CCMP (for IEEE 802.11r and IEEE 802.11w)
418 (note: this breaks interoperability with previous version) [Bug 307]
419 * added number of code size optimizations to remove unnecessary
420 functionality from the program binary based on build configuration
421 (part of this automatic; part configurable with CONFIG_NO_* build
423 * use shared driver wrapper files with wpa_supplicant
424 * driver_nl80211: multiple updates to provide support for new Linux
425 nl80211/mac80211 functionality
426 * updated management frame protection to use IEEE Std 802.11w-2009
427 * fixed number of small WPS issues and added workarounds to
428 interoperate with common deployed broken implementations
429 * added some IEEE 802.11n co-existence rules to disable 40 MHz channels
430 or modify primary/secondary channels if needed based on neighboring
432 * added support for NFC out-of-band mechanism with WPS
433 * added preliminary support for IEEE 802.11r RIC processing
436 * added support for Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS)
437 (hostapd can now be configured to act as an integrated WPS Registrar
438 and provision credentials for WPS Enrollees using PIN and PBC
439 methods; external wireless Registrar can configure the AP, but
440 external WLAN Manager Registrars are not supported); WPS support can
441 be enabled by adding CONFIG_WPS=y into .config and setting the
442 runtime configuration variables in hostapd.conf (see WPS section in
443 the example configuration file); new hostapd_cli commands wps_pin and
444 wps_pbc are used to configure WPS negotiation; see README-WPS for
446 * added IEEE 802.11n HT capability configuration (ht_capab)
447 * added support for generating Country IE based on nl80211 regulatory
448 information (added if ieee80211d=1 in configuration)
449 * fixed WEP authentication (both Open System and Shared Key) with
451 * added support for EAP-AKA' (draft-arkko-eap-aka-kdf)
452 * added support for using driver_test over UDP socket
453 * changed EAP-GPSK to use the IANA assigned EAP method type 51
454 * updated management frame protection to use IEEE 802.11w/D7.0
455 * fixed retransmission of EAP requests if no response is received
458 * added a new configuration option, wpa_ptk_rekey, that can be used to
459 enforce frequent PTK rekeying, e.g., to mitigate some attacks against
461 * updated OpenSSL code for EAP-FAST to use an updated version of the
462 session ticket overriding API that was included into the upstream
463 OpenSSL 0.9.9 tree on 2008-11-15 (no additional OpenSSL patch is
464 needed with that version anymore)
465 * changed channel flags configuration to read the information from
466 the driver (e.g., via driver_nl80211 when using mac80211) instead of
467 using hostapd as the source of the regulatory information (i.e.,
468 information from CRDA is now used with mac80211); this allows 5 GHz
469 channels to be used with hostapd (if allowed in the current
471 * fixed EAP-TLS message processing for the last TLS message if it is
472 large enough to require fragmentation (e.g., if a large Session
473 Ticket data is included)
474 * fixed listen interval configuration for nl80211 drivers
477 * added support for SHA-256 as X.509 certificate digest when using the
478 internal X.509/TLSv1 implementation
479 * fixed EAP-FAST PAC-Opaque padding (0.6.4 broke this for some peer
481 * fixed internal TLSv1 implementation for abbreviated handshake (used
483 * added support for setting VLAN ID for STAs based on local MAC ACL
484 (accept_mac_file) as an alternative for RADIUS server-based
486 * updated management frame protection to use IEEE 802.11w/D6.0
487 (adds a new association ping to protect against unauthenticated
488 authenticate or (re)associate request frames dropping association)
489 * added support for using SHA256-based stronger key derivation for WPA2
491 * added new "driver wrapper" for RADIUS-only configuration
492 (driver=none in hostapd.conf; CONFIG_DRIVER_NONE=y in .config)
493 * fixed WPA/RSN IE validation to verify that the proto (WPA vs. WPA2)
494 is enabled in configuration
495 * changed EAP-FAST configuration to use separate fields for A-ID and
496 A-ID-Info (eap_fast_a_id_info) to allow A-ID to be set to a fixed
497 16-octet len binary value for better interoperability with some peer
498 implementations; eap_fast_a_id is now configured as a hex string
499 * driver_nl80211: Updated to match the current Linux mac80211 AP mode
500 configuration (wireless-testing.git and Linux kernel releases
501 starting from 2.6.29)
504 * added peer identity into EAP-FAST PAC-Opaque and skip Phase 2
505 Identity Request if identity is already known
506 * added support for EAP Sequences in EAP-FAST Phase 2
507 * added support for EAP-TNC (Trusted Network Connect)
508 (this version implements the EAP-TNC method and EAP-TTLS/EAP-FAST
509 changes needed to run two methods in sequence (IF-T) and the IF-IMV
510 and IF-TNCCS interfaces from TNCS)
511 * added support for optional cryptobinding with PEAPv0
512 * added fragmentation support for EAP-TNC
513 * added support for fragmenting EAP-TTLS/PEAP/FAST Phase 2 (tunneled)
515 * added support for opportunistic key caching (OKC)
518 * fixed Reassociation Response callback processing when using internal
519 MLME (driver_{hostap,nl80211,test}.c)
520 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D9.0
521 * copy optional Proxy-State attributes into RADIUS response when acting
522 as a RADIUS authentication server
523 * fixed EAPOL state machine to handle a case in which no response is
524 received from the RADIUS authentication server; previous version
525 could have triggered a crash in some cases after a timeout
526 * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA realm processing to allow decorated usernames to
528 * added a workaround for EAP-SIM/AKA peers that include incorrect null
529 termination in the username
530 * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA protected result indication to include AT_COUNTER
531 attribute in notification messages only when using fast
533 * fixed EAP-SIM Start response processing for fast reauthentication
535 * added support for pending EAP processing in EAP-{PEAP,TTLS,FAST}
536 phase 2 to allow EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA to be used as the Phase 2 method
539 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA message parser to validate attribute
540 lengths properly to avoid potential crash caused by invalid messages
541 * added data structure for storing allocated buffers (struct wpabuf);
542 this does not affect hostapd usage, but many of the APIs changed
543 and various interfaces (e.g., EAP) is not compatible with old
545 * added support for protecting EAP-AKA/Identity messages with
546 AT_CHECKCODE (optional feature in RFC 4187)
547 * added support for protected result indication with AT_RESULT_IND for
548 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA (eap_sim_aka_result_ind=1)
549 * added support for configuring EAP-TTLS phase 2 non-EAP methods in
550 EAP server configuration; previously all four were enabled for every
551 phase 2 user, now all four are disabled by default and need to be
552 enabled with new method names TTLS-PAP, TTLS-CHAP, TTLS-MSCHAP,
554 * removed old debug printing mechanism and the related 'debug'
555 parameter in the configuration file; debug verbosity is now set with
556 -d (or -dd) command line arguments
557 * added support for EAP-IKEv2 (draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15.txt);
558 only shared key/password authentication is supported in this version
561 * added experimental, integrated TLSv1 server implementation with the
562 needed X.509/ASN.1/RSA/bignum processing (this can be enabled by
563 setting CONFIG_TLS=internal and CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH=y in
564 .config); this can be useful, e.g., if the target system does not
565 have a suitable TLS library and a minimal code size is required
566 * added support for EAP-FAST server method to the integrated EAP
568 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
569 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-07.txt)
570 * added a new configuration parameter, rsn_pairwise, to allow different
571 pairwise cipher suites to be enabled for WPA and RSN/WPA2
572 (note: if wpa_pairwise differs from rsn_pairwise, the driver will
573 either need to support this or will have to use the WPA/RSN IEs from
574 hostapd; currently, the included madwifi and bsd driver interfaces do
575 not have support for this)
576 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D8.0
579 * added experimental IEEE 802.11r/D6.0 support
580 * updated EAP-SAKE to RFC 4763 and the IANA-allocated EAP type 48
581 * updated EAP-PSK to use the IANA-allocated EAP type 47
582 * fixed EAP-PSK bit ordering of the Flags field
583 * fixed configuration reloading (SIGHUP) to re-initialize WPA PSKs
584 by reading wpa_psk_file [Bug 181]
585 * fixed EAP-TTLS AVP parser processing for too short AVP lengths
586 * fixed IPv6 connection to RADIUS accounting server
587 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
588 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-04.txt)
589 * hlr_auc_gw: read GSM triplet file into memory and rotate through the
590 entries instead of only using the same three triplets every time
591 (this does not work properly with tests using multiple clients, but
592 provides bit better triplet data for testing a single client; anyway,
593 if a better quality triplets are needed, GSM-Milenage should be used
594 instead of hardcoded triplet file)
595 * fixed EAP-MSCHAPv2 server to use a space between S and M parameters
596 in Success Request [Bug 203]
597 * added support for sending EAP-AKA Notifications in error cases
598 * updated to use IEEE 802.11w/D2.0 for management frame protection
600 * RADIUS server: added support for processing duplicate messages
601 (retransmissions from RADIUS client) by replying with the previous
605 * added support for configuring and controlling multiple BSSes per
606 radio interface (bss=<ifname> in hostapd.conf); this is only
607 available with Devicescape and test driver interfaces
608 * fixed PMKSA cache update in the end of successful RSN
610 * added support for dynamic VLAN configuration (i.e., selecting VLAN-ID
611 for each STA based on RADIUS Access-Accept attributes); this requires
612 VLAN support from the kernel driver/802.11 stack and this is
613 currently only available with Devicescape and test driver interfaces
614 * driver_madwifi: fixed configuration of unencrypted modes (plaintext
615 and IEEE 802.1X without WEP)
616 * removed STAKey handshake since PeerKey handshake has replaced it in
617 IEEE 802.11ma and there are no known deployments of STAKey
618 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
619 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-01.txt)
620 * added preliminary implementation of IEEE 802.11w/D1.0 (management
622 (Note: this requires driver support to work properly.)
623 (Note2: IEEE 802.11w is an unapproved draft and subject to change.)
624 * hlr_auc_gw: added support for GSM-Milenage (for EAP-SIM)
625 * hlr_auc_gw: added support for reading per-IMSI Milenage keys and
626 parameters from a text file to make it possible to implement proper
627 GSM/UMTS authentication server for multiple SIM/USIM cards using
629 * fixed session timeout processing with drivers that do not use
630 ieee802_11.c (e.g., madwifi)
633 * added 'hostapd_cli new_sta <addr>' command for adding a new STA into
634 hostapd (e.g., to initialize wired network authentication based on an
636 * fixed hostapd to add PMKID KDE into 4-Way Handshake Message 1 when
637 using WPA2 even if PMKSA caching is not used
638 * added -P<pid file> argument for hostapd to write the current process
640 * added support for RADIUS Authentication Server MIB (RFC 2619)
643 * fixed nt_password_hash build [Bug 144]
644 * added PeerKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
645 direct link setup (DLS) to replace STAKey handshake
646 * added support for EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK,
647 draft-clancy-emu-eap-shared-secret-00.txt)
648 * fixed a segmentation fault when RSN pre-authentication was completed
649 successfully [Bug 152]
652 * do not build nt_password_hash and hlr_auc_gw by default to avoid
653 requiring a TLS library for a successful build; these programs can be
654 build with 'make nt_password_hash' and 'make hlr_auc_gw'
655 * added a new configuration option, eapol_version, that can be used to
656 set EAPOL version to 1 (default is 2) to work around broken client
657 implementations that drop EAPOL frames which use version number 2
659 * added support for EAP-SAKE (no EAP method number allocated yet, so
660 this is using the same experimental type 255 as EAP-PSK)
661 * fixed EAP-MSCHAPv2 message length validation
664 * fixed stdarg use in hostapd_logger(): if both stdout and syslog
665 logging was enabled, hostapd could trigger a segmentation fault in
666 vsyslog on some CPU -- C library combinations
667 * moved HLR/AuC gateway implementation for EAP-SIM/AKA into an external
668 program to make it easier to use for implementing real SS7 gateway;
669 eap_sim_db is not anymore used as a file name for GSM authentication
670 triplets; instead, it is path to UNIX domain socket that will be used
671 to communicate with the external gateway program (e.g., hlr_auc_gw)
672 * added example HLR/AuC gateway implementation, hlr_auc_gw, that uses
673 local information (GSM authentication triplets from a text file and
674 hardcoded AKA authentication data); this can be used to test EAP-SIM
676 * added Milenage algorithm (example 3GPP AKA algorithm) to hlr_auc_gw
677 to make it possible to test EAP-AKA with real USIM cards (this is
678 disabled by default; define AKA_USE_MILENAGE when building hlr_auc_gw
680 * driver_madwifi: added support for getting station RSN IE from
681 madwifi-ng svn r1453 and newer; this fixes RSN that was apparently
682 broken with earlier change (r1357) in the driver
683 * changed EAP method registration to use a dynamic list of methods
684 instead of a static list generated at build time
685 * fixed WPA message 3/4 not to encrypt Key Data field (WPA IE)
687 * added ap_max_inactivity configuration parameter
690 * driver_test: added better support for multiple APs and STAs by using
691 a directory with sockets that include MAC address for each device in
692 the name (test_socket=DIR:/tmp/test)
693 * added support for EAP expanded type (vendor specific EAP methods)
695 2005-12-18 - v0.5.0 (beginning of 0.5.x development releases)
696 * added experimental STAKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
697 direct link setup (DLS); note: this is disabled by default in both
698 build and runtime configuration (can be enabled with CONFIG_STAKEY=y
700 * added support for EAP methods to use callbacks to external programs
701 by buffering a pending request and processing it after the EAP method
703 * improved EAP-SIM database interface to allow external request to GSM
704 HLR/AuC without blocking hostapd process
705 * added support for using EAP-SIM pseudonyms and fast re-authentication
706 * added support for EAP-AKA in the integrated EAP authenticator
707 * added support for matching EAP identity prefixes (e.g., "1"*) in EAP
708 user database to allow EAP-SIM/AKA selection without extra roundtrip
709 for EAP-Nak negotiation
710 * added support for storing EAP user password as NtPasswordHash instead
711 of plaintext password when using MSCHAP or MSCHAPv2 for
712 authentication (hash:<16-octet hex value>); added nt_password_hash
713 tool for hashing password to generate NtPasswordHash
715 2005-11-20 - v0.4.7 (beginning of 0.4.x stable releases)
716 * driver_wired: fixed EAPOL sending to optionally use PAE group address
717 as the destination instead of supplicant MAC address; this is
718 disabled by default, but should be enabled with use_pae_group_addr=1
719 in configuration file if the wired interface is used by only one
720 device at the time (common switch configuration)
721 * driver_madwifi: configure driver to use TKIP countermeasures in order
722 to get correct behavior (IEEE 802.11 association failing; previously,
723 association succeeded, but hostpad forced disassociation immediately)
724 * driver_madwifi: added support for madwifi-ng
727 * added support for replacing user identity from EAP with RADIUS
728 User-Name attribute from Access-Accept message, if that is included,
729 for the RADIUS accounting messages (e.g., for EAP-PEAP/TTLS to get
730 tunneled identity into accounting messages when the RADIUS server
731 does not support better way of doing this with Class attribute)
732 * driver_madwifi: fixed EAPOL packet receive for configuration where
733 ath# is part of a bridge interface
734 * added a configuration file and log analyzer script for logwatch
735 * fixed EAPOL state machine step function to process all state
736 transitions before processing new events; this resolves a race
737 condition in which EAPOL-Start message could trigger hostapd to send
738 two EAP-Response/Identity frames to the authentication server
741 * added client CA list to the TLS certificate request in order to make
742 it easier for the client to select which certificate to use
743 * added experimental support for EAP-PSK
744 * added support for WE-19 (hostap, madwifi)
747 * fixed build without CONFIG_RSN_PREAUTH
748 * fixed FreeBSD build
751 * fixed PMKSA caching to copy User-Name and Class attributes so that
752 RADIUS accounting gets correct information
753 * start RADIUS accounting only after successful completion of WPA
754 4-Way Handshake if WPA-PSK is used
755 * fixed PMKSA caching for the case where STA (re)associates without
759 * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
760 * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
761 * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
762 * renamed eap_authenticator configuration variable to eap_server to
763 better match with RFC 3748 (EAP) terminology
764 * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
765 by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
769 * fixed RADIUS server initialization when only auth or acct server
770 is configured and the other one is left empty
771 * driver_madwifi: added support for RADIUS accounting
772 * driver_madwifi: added preliminary support for compiling against 'BSD'
773 branch of madwifi CVS tree
774 * driver_madwifi: fixed pairwise key removal to allow WPA reauth
775 without disassociation
776 * added support for reading additional certificates from PKCS#12 files
777 and adding them to the certificate chain
778 * fixed RADIUS Class attribute processing to only use Access-Accept
779 packets to update Class; previously, other RADIUS authentication
780 packets could have cleared Class attribute
781 * added support for more than one Class attribute in RADIUS packets
782 * added support for verifying certificate revocation list (CRL) when
783 using integrated EAP authenticator for EAP-TLS; new hostapd.conf
784 options 'check_crl'; CRL must be included in the ca_cert file for now
786 2005-04-25 - v0.4.0 (beginning of 0.4.x development releases)
787 * added support for including network information into
788 EAP-Request/Identity message (ASCII-0 (nul) in eap_message)
789 (e.g., to implement draft-adrange-eap-network-discovery-07.txt)
790 * fixed a bug which caused some RSN pre-authentication cases to use
791 freed memory and potentially crash hostapd
792 * fixed private key loading for cases where passphrase is not set
793 * added support for sending TLS alerts and aborting authentication
794 when receiving a TLS alert
795 * fixed WPA2 to add PMKSA cache entry when using integrated EAP
797 * fixed PMKSA caching (EAP authentication was not skipped correctly
798 with the new state machine changes from IEEE 802.1X draft)
799 * added support for RADIUS over IPv6; own_ip_addr, auth_server_addr,
800 and acct_server_addr can now be IPv6 addresses (CONFIG_IPV6=y needs
801 to be added to .config to include IPv6 support); for RADIUS server,
802 radius_server_ipv6=1 needs to be set in hostapd.conf and addresses
803 in RADIUS clients file can then use IPv6 format
804 * added experimental support for EAP-PAX
805 * replaced hostapd control interface library (hostapd_ctrl.[ch]) with
806 the same implementation that wpa_supplicant is using (wpa_ctrl.[ch])
808 2005-02-12 - v0.3.7 (beginning of 0.3.x stable releases)
811 * added support for configuring a forced PEAP version based on the
813 * fixed PEAPv1 to use tunneled EAP-Success/Failure instead of EAP-TLV
814 to terminate authentication
815 * fixed EAP identifier duplicate processing with the new IEEE 802.1X
817 * clear accounting data in the driver when starting a new accounting
819 * driver_madwifi: filter wireless events based on ifindex to allow more
820 than one network interface to be used
821 * fixed WPA message 2/4 processing not to cancel timeout for TimeoutEvt
822 setting if the packet does not pass MIC verification (e.g., due to
823 incorrect PSK); previously, message 1/4 was not tried again if an
824 invalid message 2/4 was received
825 * fixed reconfiguration of RADIUS client retransmission timer when
826 adding a new message to the pending list; previously, timer was not
827 updated at this point and if there was a pending message with long
828 time for the next retry, the new message needed to wait that long for
832 * added support for configuring multiple allowed EAP types for Phase 2
833 authentication (EAP-PEAP, EAP-TTLS)
834 * fixed EAPOL-Start processing to trigger WPA reauthentication
835 (previously, only EAPOL authentication was done)
838 * added support for EAP-PEAP in the integrated EAP authenticator
839 * added support for EAP-GTC in the integrated EAP authenticator
840 * added support for configuring list of EAP methods for Phase 1 so that
841 the integrated EAP authenticator can, e.g., use the wildcard entry
842 for EAP-TLS and EAP-PEAP
843 * added support for EAP-TTLS in the integrated EAP authenticator
844 * added support for EAP-SIM in the integrated EAP authenticator
845 * added support for using hostapd as a RADIUS authentication server
846 with the integrated EAP authenticator taking care of EAP
847 authentication (new hostapd.conf options: radius_server_clients and
848 radius_server_auth_port); this is not included in default build; use
849 CONFIG_RADIUS_SERVER=y in .config to include
852 * removed 'daemonize' configuration file option since it has not really
853 been used at all for more than year
854 * driver_madwifi: fixed group key setup and added get_ssid method
855 * added support for EAP-MSCHAPv2 in the integrated EAP authenticator
858 * added support for integrated EAP-TLS authentication (new hostapd.conf
859 variables: ca_cert, server_cert, private_key, private_key_passwd);
860 this enabled dynamic keying (WPA2/WPA/IEEE 802.1X/WEP) without
861 external RADIUS server
862 * added support for reading PKCS#12 (PFX) files (as a replacement for
863 PEM/DER) to get certificate and private key (CONFIG_PKCS12)
865 2004-12-05 - v0.3.0 (beginning of 0.3.x development releases)
866 * added support for Acct-{Input,Output}-Gigawords
867 * added support for Event-Timestamp (in RADIUS Accounting-Requests)
868 * added support for RADIUS Authentication Client MIB (RFC2618)
869 * added support for RADIUS Accounting Client MIB (RFC2620)
870 * made EAP re-authentication period configurable (eap_reauth_period)
871 * fixed EAPOL reauthentication to trigger WPA/WPA2 reauthentication
872 * fixed EAPOL state machine to stop if STA is removed during
873 eapol_sm_step(); this fixes at least one segfault triggering bug with
874 IEEE 802.11i pre-authentication
875 * added support for multiple WPA pre-shared keys (e.g., one for each
876 client MAC address or keys shared by a group of clients);
877 new hostapd.conf field wpa_psk_file for setting path to a text file
878 containing PSKs, see hostapd.wpa_psk for an example
879 * added support for multiple driver interfaces to allow hostapd to be
880 used with other drivers
881 * added wired authenticator driver interface (driver=wired in
882 hostapd.conf, see wired.conf for example configuration)
883 * added madwifi driver interface (driver=madwifi in hostapd.conf, see
884 madwifi.conf for example configuration; Note: include files from
885 madwifi project is needed for building and a configuration file,
886 .config, needs to be created in hostapd directory with
887 CONFIG_DRIVER_MADWIFI=y to include this driver interface in hostapd
889 * fixed an alignment issue that could cause SHA-1 to fail on some
890 platforms (e.g., Intel ixp425 with a compiler that does not 32-bit
892 * fixed RADIUS reconnection after an error in sending interim
894 * added hostapd control interface for external programs and an example
895 CLI, hostapd_cli (like wpa_cli for wpa_supplicant)
896 * started adding dot11, dot1x, radius MIBs ('hostapd_cli mib',
897 'hostapd_cli sta <addr>')
898 * finished update from IEEE 802.1X-2001 to IEEE 802.1X-REV (now d11)
899 * added support for strict GTK rekeying (wpa_strict_rekey in
901 * updated IAPP to use UDP port 3517 and multicast address 224.0.1.178
902 (instead of broadcast) for IAPP ADD-notify (moved from draft 3 to
904 * added Prism54 driver interface (driver=prism54 in hostapd.conf;
905 note: .config needs to be created in hostapd directory with
906 CONFIG_DRIVER_PRISM54=y to include this driver interface in hostapd
908 * dual-licensed hostapd (GPLv2 and BSD licenses)
909 * fixed RADIUS accounting to generate a new session id for cases where
910 a station reassociates without first being complete deauthenticated
911 * fixed STA disassociation handler to mark next timeout state to
912 deauthenticate the station, i.e., skip long wait for inactivity poll
913 and extra disassociation, if the STA disassociates without
915 * added integrated EAP authenticator that can be used instead of
916 external RADIUS authentication server; currently, only EAP-MD5 is
917 supported, so this cannot yet be used for key distribution; the EAP
918 method interface is generic, though, so adding new EAP methods should
919 be straightforward; new hostapd.conf variables: 'eap_authenticator'
920 and 'eap_user_file'; this obsoletes "minimal authentication server"
921 ('minimal_eap' in hostapd.conf) which is now removed
922 * added support for FreeBSD and driver interface for the BSD net80211
923 layer (driver=bsd in hostapd.conf and CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=y in
924 .config); please note that some of the required kernel mods have not
927 2004-07-17 - v0.2.4 (beginning of 0.2.x stable releases)
928 * fixed some accounting cases where Accounting-Start was sent when
929 IEEE 802.1X port was being deauthorized
932 * modified RADIUS client to re-connect the socket in case of certain
933 error codes that are generated when a network interface state is
934 changes (e.g., when IP address changes or the interface is set UP)
935 * fixed couple of cases where EAPOL state for a station was freed
936 twice causing a segfault for hostapd
937 * fixed couple of bugs in processing WPA deauthentication (freed data
941 * fixed WPA/WPA2 group rekeying to use key index correctly (GN/GM)
942 * fixed group rekeying to send zero TSC in EAPOL-Key messages to fix
943 cases where STAs dropped multicast frames as replay attacks
944 * added support for copying RADIUS Attribute 'Class' from
945 authentication messages into accounting messages
946 * send canned EAP failure if RADIUS server sends Access-Reject without
947 EAP message (previously, Supplicant was not notified in this case)
948 * fixed mixed WPA-PSK and WPA-EAP mode to work with WPA-PSK (i.e., do
949 not start EAPOL state machines if the STA selected to use WPA-PSK)
952 * added WPA and IEEE 802.11i/RSN (WPA2) Authenticator functionality
953 - based on IEEE 802.11i/D10.0 but modified to interoperate with WPA
954 (i.e., IEEE 802.11i/D3.0)
955 - supports WPA-only, RSN-only, and mixed WPA/RSN mode
956 - both WPA-PSK and WPA-RADIUS/EAP are supported
957 - PMKSA caching and pre-authentication
958 - new hostapd.conf variables: wpa, wpa_psk, wpa_passphrase,
959 wpa_key_mgmt, wpa_pairwise, wpa_group_rekey, wpa_gmk_rekey,
960 rsn_preauth, rsn_preauth_interfaces
961 * fixed interim accounting to remove any pending accounting messages
962 to the STA before sending a new one
965 * added support for Acct-Interim-Interval:
966 - draft-ietf-radius-acct-interim-01.txt
967 - use Acct-Interim-Interval attribute from Access-Accept if local
968 'radius_acct_interim_interval' is not set
969 - allow different update intervals for each STA
970 * fixed event loop to call signal handlers only after returning from
971 the real signal handler
972 * reset sta->timeout_next after successful association to make sure
973 that the previously registered inactivity timer will not remove the
974 STA immediately (e.g., if STA deauthenticates and re-associates
975 before the timer is triggered).
976 * added new hostapd.conf variable, nas_identifier, that can be used to
977 add an optional RADIUS Attribute, NAS-Identifier, into authentication
978 and accounting messages
979 * added support for Accounting-On and Accounting-Off messages
980 * fixed accounting session handling to send Accounting-Start only once
981 per session and not to send Accounting-Stop if the session was not
983 * fixed Accounting-Stop statistics in cases where the message was
984 previously sent after the kernel entry for the STA (and/or IEEE
985 802.1X data) was removed
990 Older changes up to and including v0.1.0 are included in the ChangeLog
991 of the Host AP driver.