1 ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant
4 * added support for EAP Sequences in EAP-FAST Phase 2
5 * added support for using TNC with EAP-FAST
6 * added driver_ps3 for the PS3 Linux wireless driver
7 * added support for optional cryptobinding with PEAPv0
8 * fixed the OpenSSL patches (0.9.8g and 0.9.9) for EAP-FAST to
9 allow fallback to full handshake if server rejects PAC-Opaque
10 * added fragmentation support for EAP-TNC
13 * removed 'nai' and 'eappsk' network configuration variables that were
14 previously used for configuring user identity and key for EAP-PSK,
15 EAP-PAX, EAP-SAKE, and EAP-GPSK. 'identity' field is now used as the
16 replacement for 'nai' (if old configuration used a separate
17 'identity' value, that would now be configured as
18 'anonymous_identity'). 'password' field is now used as the
19 replacement for 'eappsk' (it can also be set using hexstring to
20 present random binary data)
21 * removed '-w' command line parameter (wait for interface to be added,
22 if needed); cleaner way of handling this functionality is to use an
23 external mechanism (e.g., hotplug scripts) that start wpa_supplicant
24 when an interface is added
25 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D9.0
26 * added ctrl_iface monitor event (CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS) for
27 indicating when new scan results become available
28 * added new ctrl_iface command, BSS, to allow scan results to be
29 fetched without hitting the message size limits (this command
30 can be used to iterate through the scan results one BSS at the time)
31 * fixed EAP-SIM not to include AT_NONCE_MT and AT_SELECTED_VERSION
32 attributes in EAP-SIM Start/Response when using fast reauthentication
33 * fixed EAPOL not to end up in infinite loop when processing dynamic
34 WEP keys with IEEE 802.1X
35 * fixed problems in getting NDIS events from WMI on Windows 2000
38 * added support for Makefile builds to include debug-log-to-a-file
39 functionality (CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y and -f<path> on command line)
40 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA message parser to validate attribute
41 lengths properly to avoid potential crash caused by invalid messages
42 * added data structure for storing allocated buffers (struct wpabuf);
43 this does not affect wpa_supplicant usage, but many of the APIs
44 changed and various interfaces (e.g., EAP) is not compatible with old
46 * added support for protecting EAP-AKA/Identity messages with
47 AT_CHECKCODE (optional feature in RFC 4187)
48 * added support for protected result indication with AT_RESULT_IND for
49 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA (phase1="result_ind=1")
50 * added driver_wext workaround for race condition between scanning and
51 association with drivers that take very long time to scan all
52 channels (e.g., madwifi with dual-band cards); wpa_supplicant is now
53 using a longer hardcoded timeout for the scan if the driver supports
54 notifications for scan completion (SIOCGIWSCAN event); this helps,
55 e.g., in cases where wpa_supplicant and madwifi driver ended up in
56 loop where the driver did not even try to associate
57 * stop EAPOL timer tick when no timers are in use in order to reduce
58 power consumption (no need to wake up the process once per second)
60 * added support for privilege separation (run only minimal part of
61 wpa_supplicant functionality as root and rest as unprivileged,
62 non-root process); see 'Privilege separation' in README for details;
63 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with CONFIG_PRIVSEP=y
65 * changed scan results data structure to include all information
66 elements to make it easier to support new IEs; old get_scan_result()
67 driver_ops is still supported for backwards compatibility (results
68 are converted internally to the new format), but all drivers should
69 start using the new get_scan_results2() to make them more likely to
70 work with new features
71 * Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory) is now native Qt4
72 application, i.e., it does not require Qt3Support anymore; Windows
73 binary of wpa_gui.exe is now from this directory and only requires
74 QtCore4.dll and QtGui4.dll libraries
75 * updated Windows binary build to use Qt 4.3.3 and made Qt DLLs
76 available as a separate package to make wpa_gui installation easier:
77 http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/qt4/wpa_gui-qt433-windows-dll.zip
78 * added support for EAP-IKEv2 (draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15.txt);
79 only shared key/password authentication is supported in this version
82 * added support for configuring password as NtPasswordHash
83 (16-byte MD4 hash of password) in hash:<32 hex digits> format
84 * added support for fallback from abbreviated TLS handshake to
85 full handshake when using EAP-FAST (e.g., due to an expired
87 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
88 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-07.txt)
89 * added support for drivers that take care of RSN 4-way handshake
90 internally (WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_4WAY_HANDSHAKE in get_capa flags and
91 WPA_ALG_PMK in set_key)
92 * added an experimental port for Mac OS X (CONFIG_DRIVER_OSX=y in
93 .config); this version supports only ap_scan=2 mode and allow the
94 driver to take care of the 4-way handshake
95 * fixed a buffer overflow in parsing TSF from scan results when using
96 driver_wext.c with a driver that includes the TSF (e.g., iwl4965)
98 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D8.0
99 * fixed an integer overflow issue in the ASN.1 parser used by the
100 (experimental) internal TLS implementation to avoid a potential
102 * fixed a race condition with -W option (wait for a control interface
103 monitor before starting) that could have caused the first messages to
105 * added support for processing TNCC-TNCS-Messages to report
106 recommendation (allow/none/isolate) when using TNC [Bug 243]
109 * added network configuration parameter 'frequency' for setting
110 initial channel for IBSS (adhoc) networks
111 * added experimental IEEE 802.11r/D6.0 support
112 * updated EAP-SAKE to RFC 4763 and the IANA-allocated EAP type 48
113 * updated EAP-PSK to use the IANA-allocated EAP type 47
114 * fixed EAP-PAX key derivation
115 * fixed EAP-PSK bit ordering of the Flags field
116 * fixed EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST to use the correct EAP identifier in
117 tunnelled identity request (previously, the identifier from the outer
118 method was used, not the tunnelled identifier which could be
120 * added support for fragmentation of outer TLS packets during Phase 2
121 of EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST
122 * fixed EAP-TTLS AVP parser processing for too short AVP lengths
123 * added support for EAP-FAST authentication with inner methods that
124 generate MSK (e.g., EAP-MSCHAPv2 that was previously only supported
125 for PAC provisioning)
126 * added support for authenticated EAP-FAST provisioning
127 * added support for configuring maximum number of EAP-FAST PACs to
128 store in a PAC list (fast_max_pac_list_len=<max> in phase1 string)
129 * added support for storing EAP-FAST PACs in binary format
130 (fast_pac_format=binary in phase1 string)
131 * fixed dbus ctrl_iface to validate message interface before
132 dispatching to avoid a possible segfault [Bug 190]
133 * fixed PeerKey key derivation to use the correct PRF label
134 * updated Windows binary build to link against OpenSSL 0.9.8d and
135 added support for EAP-FAST
136 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
137 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-04.txt)
138 * fixed EAP-AKA Notification processing to allow Notification to be
139 processed after AKA Challenge response has been sent
140 * updated to use IEEE 802.11w/D2.0 for management frame protection
142 * fixed EAP-TTLS implementation not to crash on use of freed memory
143 if TLS library initialization fails
144 * added support for EAP-TNC (Trusted Network Connect)
145 (this version implements the EAP-TNC method and EAP-TTLS changes
146 needed to run two methods in sequence (IF-T) and the IF-IMC and
147 IF-TNCCS interfaces from TNCC)
150 * added experimental, integrated TLSv1 client implementation with the
151 needed X.509/ASN.1/RSA/bignum processing (this can be enabled by
152 setting CONFIG_TLS=internal and CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH=y in
153 .config); this can be useful, e.g., if the target system does not
154 have a suitable TLS library and a minimal code size is required
155 (total size of this internal TLS/crypto code is bit under 50 kB on
156 x86 and the crypto code is shared by rest of the supplicant so some
157 of it was already required; TLSv1/X.509/ASN.1/RSA added about 25 kB)
158 * removed STAKey handshake since PeerKey handshake has replaced it in
159 IEEE 802.11ma and there are no known deployments of STAKey
160 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
161 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-01.txt)
162 * added preliminary implementation of IEEE 802.11w/D1.0 (management
164 (Note: this requires driver support to work properly.)
165 (Note2: IEEE 802.11w is an unapproved draft and subject to change.)
166 * fixed Windows named pipes ctrl_iface to not stop listening for
167 commands if client program opens a named pipe and closes it
168 immediately without sending a command
169 * fixed USIM PIN status determination for the case that PIN is not
170 needed (this allows EAP-AKA to be used with USIM cards that do not
172 * added support for reading 3G USIM AID from EF_DIR to allow EAP-AKA to
173 be used with cards that do not support file selection based on
175 * added support for matching the subjectAltName of the authentication
176 server certificate against multiple name components (e.g.,
177 altsubject_match="DNS:server.example.com;DNS:server2.example.com")
178 * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA key derivation for re-authentication case (only
179 affects IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP keys)
180 * changed ctrl_iface network configuration 'get' operations to not
181 return password/key material; if these fields are requested, "*"
182 will be returned if the password/key is set, but the value of the
183 parameter is not exposed
186 * added support for building Windows version with UNICODE defined
187 (wide-char functions)
188 * driver_ndis: fixed static WEP configuration to avoid race condition
189 issues with some NDIS drivers between association and setting WEP
191 * driver_ndis: added validation for IELength value in scan results to
192 avoid crashes when using buggy NDIS drivers [Bug 165]
193 * fixed Release|Win32 target in the Visual Studio project files
194 (previously, only Debug|Win32 target was set properly)
195 * changed control interface API call wpa_ctrl_pending() to allow it to
196 return -1 on error (e.g., connection lost); control interface clients
197 will need to make sure that they verify that the value is indeed >0
198 when determining whether there are pending messages
199 * added an alternative control interface backend for Windows targets:
200 Named Pipe (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=named_pipe); this is now the default
201 control interface mechanism for Windows builds (previously, UDP to
203 * changed ctrl_interface configuration for UNIX domain sockets:
204 - deprecated ctrl_interface_group variable (it may be removed in
206 - allow both directory and group be configured with ctrl_interface
207 in following format: DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
208 - ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant is still supported for the
209 case when group is not changed
210 * added support for controlling more than one interface per process in
212 * added a workaround for a case where the AP is using unknown address
213 (e.g., MAC address of the wired interface) as the source address for
214 EAPOL-Key frames; previously, that source address was used as the
215 destination for EAPOL-Key frames and in key derivation; now, BSSID is
216 used even if the source address does not match with it
217 (this resolves an interoperability issue with Thomson SpeedTouch 580)
218 * added a workaround for UDP-based control interface (which was used in
219 Windows builds before this release) to prevent packets with forged
220 addresses from being accepted as local control requests
221 * removed ndis_events.cpp and possibility of using external
222 ndis_events.exe; C version (ndis_events.c) is fully functional and
223 there is no desire to maintain two separate versions of this
225 * ndis_events: Changed NDIS event notification design to use WMI to
226 learn the adapter description through Win32_PnPEntity class; this
227 should fix some cases where the adapter name was not recognized
228 correctly (e.g., with some USB WLAN adapters, e.g., Ralink RT2500
230 * fixed selection of the first network in ap_scan=2 mode; previously,
231 wpa_supplicant could get stuck in SCANNING state when only the first
232 network for enabled (e.g., after 'wpa_cli select_network 0')
233 * winsvc: added support for configuring ctrl_interface parameters in
234 registry (ctrl_interface string value in
235 HKLM\SOFTWARE\wpa_supplicant\interfaces\0000 key); this new value is
236 required to enable control interface (previously, this was hardcoded
238 * allow wpa_gui subdirectory to be built with both Qt3 and Qt4
239 * converted wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory to use Qt4 specific project format
242 * fixed build with CONFIG_STAKEY=y [Bug 143]
243 * added support for doing MLME (IEEE 802.11 management frame
244 processing) in wpa_supplicant when using Devicescape IEEE 802.11
245 stack (wireless-dev.git tree)
246 * added a new network block configuration option, fragment_size, to
247 configure the maximum EAP fragment size
248 * driver_ndis: Disable WZC automatically for the selected interface to
249 avoid conflicts with two programs trying to control the radio; WZC
250 will be re-enabled (if it was enabled originally) when wpa_supplicant
252 * added an experimental TLSv1 client implementation
253 (CONFIG_TLS=internal) that can be used instead of an external TLS
254 library, e.g., to reduce total size requirement on systems that do
255 not include any TLS library by default (this is not yet complete;
256 basic functionality is there, but certificate validation is not yet
258 * added PeerKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
259 direct link setup (DLS) to replace STAKey handshake
260 * fixed WPA PSK update through ctrl_iface for the case where the old
261 PSK was derived from an ASCII passphrase and the new PSK is set as
262 a raw PSK (hex string)
263 * added new configuration option for identifying which network block
264 was used (id_str in wpa_supplicant.conf; included on
265 WPA_EVENT_CONNECT monitor event and as WPA_ID_STR environmental
266 variable in wpa_cli action scripts; in addition WPA_ID variable is
267 set to the current unique identifier that wpa_supplicant assigned
268 automatically for the network and that can be used with
269 GET_NETWORK/SET_NETWORK ctrl_iface commands)
270 * wpa_cli action script is now called only when the connect/disconnect
271 status changes or when associating with a different network
272 * fixed configuration parser not to remove CCMP from group cipher list
273 if WPA-None (adhoc) is used (pairwise=NONE in that case)
274 * fixed integrated NDIS events processing not to hang the process due
275 to a missed change in eloop_win.c API in v0.5.3 [Bug 155]
276 * added support for EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK,
277 draft-clancy-emu-eap-shared-secret-00.txt)
278 * added Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 solution and project files for
279 build wpa_supplicant for Windows (see vs2005 subdirectory)
280 * eloop_win: fixed unregistration of Windows events
281 * l2_packet_winpcap: fixed a deadlock in deinitializing l2_packet
282 at the end of RSN pre-authentication and added unregistration of
283 a Windows event to avoid getting eloop_win stuck with an invalid
285 * driver_ndis: added support for selecting AP based on BSSID
286 * added new environmental variable for wpa_cli action scripts:
287 WPA_CTRL_DIR is the current control interface directory
288 * driver_ndis: added support for using NDISUIO instead of WinPcap for
289 OID set/query operations (CONFIG_USE_NDISUIO=y in .config); with new
290 l2_packet_ndis (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=ndis), this can be used to build
291 wpa_supplicant without requiring WinPcap; note that using NDISUIO
292 requires that WZC is disabled (net stop wzcsvc) since NDISUIO allows
293 only one application to open the device
294 * changed NDIS driver naming to only include device GUID, e.g.,
295 {7EE3EFE5-C165-472F-986D-F6FBEDFE8C8D}, instead of including WinPcap
296 specific \Device\NPF_ prefix before the GUID; the prefix is still
297 allowed for backwards compatibility, but it is not required anymore
298 when specifying the interface
299 * driver_ndis: re-initialize driver interface is the adapter is removed
300 and re-inserted [Bug 159]
301 * driver_madwifi: fixed TKIP and CCMP sequence number configuration on
302 big endian hosts [Bug 146]
305 * fixed EAP-GTC response to include correct user identity when run as
306 phase 2 method of EAP-FAST (i.e., EAP-FAST did not work in v0.5.2)
307 * driver_ndis: Fixed encryption mode configuration for unencrypted
308 networks (some NDIS drivers ignored this, but others, e.g., Broadcom,
309 refused to associate with open networks) [Bug 106]
310 * driver_ndis: use BSSID OID polling to detect when IBSS network is
311 formed even when ndis_events code is included since some NDIS drivers
312 do not generate media connect events in IBSS mode
313 * config_winreg: allow global ctrl_interface parameter to be configured
315 * config_winreg: added support for saving configuration data into
317 * added support for controlling network device operational state
318 (dormant/up) for Linux 2.6.17 to improve DHCP processing (see
319 http://www.flamewarmaster.de/software/dhcpclient/ for a DHCP client
320 that can use this information)
321 * driver_wext: added support for WE-21 change to SSID configuration
322 * driver_wext: fixed privacy configuration for static WEP keys mode
324 * added an optional driver_ops callback for MLME-SETPROTECTION.request
326 * added support for EAP-SAKE (no EAP method number allocated yet, so
327 this is using the same experimental type 255 as EAP-PSK)
328 * added support for dynamically loading EAP methods (.so files) instead
329 of requiring them to be statically linked in; this is disabled by
330 default (see CONFIG_DYNAMIC_EAP_METHODS in defconfig for information
334 * do not try to use USIM APDUs when initializing PC/SC for SIM card
335 access for a network that has not enabled EAP-AKA
336 * fixed EAP phase 2 Nak for EAP-{PEAP,TTLS,FAST} (this was broken in
337 v0.5.1 due to the new support for expanded EAP types)
338 * added support for generating EAP Expanded Nak
339 * try to fetch scan results once before requesting new scan when
340 starting up in ap_scan=1 mode (this can speed up initial association
341 a lot with, e.g., madwifi-ng driver)
342 * added support for receiving EAPOL frames from a Linux bridge
343 interface (-bbr0 on command line)
344 * fixed EAPOL re-authentication for sessions that used PMKSA caching
345 * changed EAP method registration to use a dynamic list of methods
346 instead of a static list generated at build time
347 * fixed PMKSA cache deinitialization not to use freed memory when
348 removing PMKSA entries
349 * fixed a memory leak in EAP-TTLS re-authentication
350 * reject WPA/WPA2 message 3/4 if it does not include any valid
352 * driver_wext: added fallback to use SIOCSIWENCODE for setting auth_alg
353 if the driver does not support SIOCSIWAUTH
356 * driver_test: added better support for multiple APs and STAs by using
357 a directory with sockets that include MAC address for each device in
358 the name (driver_param=test_dir=/tmp/test)
359 * added support for EAP expanded type (vendor specific EAP methods)
360 * added AP_SCAN command into ctrl_iface so that ap_scan configuration
361 option can be changed if needed
362 * wpa_cli/wpa_gui: skip non-socket files in control directory when
363 using UNIX domain sockets; this avoids selecting an incorrect
364 interface (e.g., a PID file could be in this directory, even though
365 use of this directory for something else than socket files is not
367 * fixed TLS library deinitialization after RSN pre-authentication not
368 to disable TLS library for normal authentication
369 * driver_wext: Remove null-termination from SSID length if the driver
370 used it; some Linux drivers do this and they were causing problems in
371 wpa_supplicant not finding matching configuration block. This change
372 would break a case where the SSID actually ends in '\0', but that is
373 not likely to happen in real use.
374 * fixed PMKSA cache processing not to trigger deauthentication if the
375 current PMKSA cache entry is replaced with a valid new entry
376 * fixed PC/SC initialization for ap_scan != 1 modes (this fixes
377 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA with real SIM/USIM card when using ap_scan=0 or
380 2005-12-18 - v0.5.0 (beginning of 0.5.x development releases)
381 * added experimental STAKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
382 direct link setup (DLS); note: this is disabled by default in both
383 build and runtime configuration (can be enabled with CONFIG_STAKEY=y
385 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA pseudonym and fast re-authentication to
386 decrypt AT_ENCR_DATA attributes correctly
387 * fixed EAP-AKA to allow resynchronization within the same session
388 * made code closer to ANSI C89 standard to make it easier to port to
389 other C libraries and compilers
390 * started moving operating system or C library specific functions into
391 wrapper functions defined in os.h and implemented in os_*.c to make
393 * wpa_supplicant can now be built with Microsoft Visual C++
394 (e.g., with the freely available Toolkit 2003 version or Visual
395 C++ 2005 Express Edition and Platform SDK); see nmake.mak for an
396 example makefile for nmake
397 * added support for using Windows registry for command line parameters
398 (CONFIG_MAIN=main_winsvc) and configuration data
399 (CONFIG_BACKEND=winreg); see win_example.reg for an example registry
400 contents; this version can be run both as a Windows service and as a
401 normal application; 'wpasvc.exe app' to start as applicant,
402 'wpasvc.exe reg <full path to wpasvc.exe>' to register a service,
403 'net start wpasvc' to start the service, 'wpasvc.exe unreg' to
405 * made it possible to link ndis_events.exe functionality into
406 wpa_supplicant.exe by defining CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED
407 * added better support for multiple control interface backends
408 (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE option); currently, 'unix' and 'udp' are supported
409 * fixed PC/SC code to use correct length for GSM AUTH command buffer
410 and to not use pioRecvPci with SCardTransmit() calls; these were not
411 causing visible problems with pcsc-lite, but Windows Winscard.dll
412 refused the previously used parameters; this fixes EAP-SIM and
413 EAP-AKA authentication using SIM/USIM card under Windows
414 * added new event loop implementation for Windows using
415 WaitForMultipleObject() instead of select() in order to allow waiting
416 for non-socket objects; this can be selected with
417 CONFIG_ELOOP=eloop_win in .config
418 * added support for selecting l2_packet implementation in .config
419 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET; following options are available now: linux, pcap,
420 winpcap, freebsd, none)
421 * added new l2_packet implementation for WinPcap
422 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=winpcap) that uses a separate receive thread to
423 reduce latency in EAPOL receive processing from about 100 ms to about
425 * added support for EAP-FAST key derivation using other ciphers than
426 RC4-128-SHA for authentication and AES128-SHA for provisioning
427 * added support for configuring CA certificate as DER file and as a
429 * fixed private key configuration as configuration blob and added
430 support for using PKCS#12 as a blob
431 * tls_gnutls: added support for using PKCS#12 files; added support for
433 * added support for loading trusted CA certificates from Windows
434 certificate store: ca_cert="cert_store://<name>", where <name> is
435 likely CA (Intermediate CA certificates) or ROOT (root certificates)
436 * added C version of ndis_events.cpp and made it possible to build this
437 with MinGW so that CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED can be used more
438 easily on cross-compilation builds
439 * added wpasvc.exe into Windows binary release; this is an alternative
440 version of wpa_supplicant.exe with configuration backend using
441 Windows registry and with the entry point designed to run as a
443 * integrated ndis_events.exe functionality into wpa_supplicant.exe and
444 wpasvc.exe and removed this additional tool from the Windows binary
445 release since it is not needed anymore
446 * load winscard.dll functions dynamically when building with MinGW
447 since MinGW does not yet include winscard library
449 2005-11-20 - v0.4.7 (beginning of 0.4.x stable releases)
450 * l2_packet_pcap: fixed wired IEEE 802.1X authentication with libpcap
451 and WinPcap to receive frames sent to PAE group address
452 * disable EAP state machine when IEEE 802.1X authentication is not used
453 in order to get rid of bogus "EAP failed" messages
454 * fixed OpenSSL error reporting to go through all pending errors to
455 avoid confusing reports of old errors being reported at later point
457 * fixed configuration file updating to not write empty variables
458 (e.g., proto or key_mgmt) that the file parser would not accept
459 * fixed ADD_NETWORK ctrl_iface command to use the same default values
460 for variables as empty network definitions read from config file
462 * fixed EAP state machine to not discard EAP-Failure messages in many
463 cases (e.g., during TLS handshake)
464 * fixed a infinite loop in private key reading if the configured file
465 cannot be parsed successfully
466 * driver_madwifi: added support for madwifi-ng
467 * wpa_gui: do not display password/PSK field contents
468 * wpa_gui: added CA certificate configuration
469 * driver_ndis: fixed scan request in ap_scan=2 mode not to change SSID
470 * driver_ndis: include Beacon IEs in AssocInfo in order to notice if
471 the new AP is using different WPA/RSN IE
472 * use longer timeout for IEEE 802.11 association to avoid problems with
473 drivers that may take more than five second to associate
476 * allow fallback to WPA, if mixed WPA+WPA2 networks have mismatch in
477 RSN IE, but WPA IE would match with wpa_supplicant configuration
478 * added support for named configuration blobs in order to avoid having
479 to use file system for external files (e.g., certificates);
480 variables can be set to "blob://<blob name>" instead of file path to
481 use a named blob; supported fields: pac_file, client_cert,
483 * fixed RSN pre-authentication (it was broken in the clean up of WPA
484 state machine interface in v0.4.5)
485 * driver_madwifi: set IEEE80211_KEY_GROUP flag for group keys to make
486 sure the driver configures broadcast decryption correctly
487 * added ca_path (and ca_path2) configuration variables that can be used
488 to configure OpenSSL CA path, e.g., /etc/ssl/certs, for using the
489 system-wide trusted CA list
490 * added support for starting wpa_supplicant without a configuration
491 file (-C argument must be used to set ctrl_interface parameter for
492 this case; in addition, -p argument can be used to provide
493 driver_param; these new arguments can also be used with a
494 configuration to override the values from the configuration)
495 * added global control interface that can be optionally used for adding
496 and removing network interfaces dynamically (-g command line argument
497 for both wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli) without having to restart
498 wpa_supplicant process
500 - try to save configuration whenever something is modified
501 - added WEP key configuration
502 - added possibility to edit the current network configuration
503 * driver_ndis: fixed driver polling not to increase frequency on each
504 received EAPOL frame due to incorrectly cancelled timeout
505 * added simple configuration file examples (in examples subdirectory)
506 * fixed driver_wext.c to filter wireless events based on ifindex to
507 avoid interfaces receiving events from other interfaces
508 * delay sending initial EAPOL-Start couple of seconds to speed up
509 authentication for the most common case of Authenticator starting
510 EAP authentication immediately after association
513 * added a workaround for clearing keys with ndiswrapper to allow
514 roaming from WPA enabled AP to plaintext one
515 * added docbook documentation (doc/docbook) that can be used to
516 generate, e.g., man pages
517 * l2_packet_linux: use socket type SOCK_DGRAM instead of SOCK_RAW for
518 PF_PACKET in order to prepare for network devices that do not use
519 Ethernet headers (e.g., network stack with native IEEE 802.11 frames)
520 * use receipt of EAPOL-Key frame as a lower layer success indication
521 for EAP state machine to allow recovery from dropped EAP-Success
523 * cleaned up internal EAPOL frame processing by not including link
524 layer (Ethernet) header during WPA and EAPOL/EAP processing; this
525 header is added only when transmitted the frame; this makes it easier
526 to use wpa_supplicant on link layers that use different header than
528 * updated EAP-PSK to use draft 9 by default since this can now be
529 tested with hostapd; removed support for draft 3, including
530 server_nai configuration option from network blocks
531 * driver_wired: add PAE address to the multicast address list in order
532 to be able to receive EAPOL frames with drivers that do not include
533 these multicast addresses by default
534 * driver_wext: add support for WE-19
535 * added support for multiple configuration backends (CONFIG_BACKEND
536 option); currently, only 'file' is supported (i.e., the format used
537 in wpa_supplicant.conf)
538 * added support for updating configuration ('wpa_cli save_config');
539 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with global
540 update_config=1 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf; this allows wpa_cli
541 and wpa_gui to store the configuration changes in a permanent store
542 * added GET_NETWORK ctrl_iface command
543 (e.g., 'wpa_cli get_network 0 ssid')
546 * replaced OpenSSL patch for EAP-FAST support
547 (openssl-tls-extensions.patch) with a more generic and correct
548 patch (the new patch is not compatible with the previous one, so the
549 OpenSSL library will need to be patched with the new patch in order
550 to be able to build wpa_supplicant with EAP-FAST support)
551 * added support for using Windows certificate store (through CryptoAPI)
552 for client certificate and private key operations (EAP-TLS)
553 (see wpa_supplicant.conf for more information on how to configure
554 this with private_key)
555 * ported wpa_gui to Windows
556 * added Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 directory); this can be
557 built with the open source version of the Qt4 for Windows
558 * allow non-WPA modes (e.g., IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP) to be used
559 with drivers that do not support WPA
560 * ndis_events: fixed Windows 2000 support
561 * added support for enabling/disabling networks from the list of all
562 configured networks ('wpa_cli enable_network <network id>' and
563 'wpa_cli disable_network <network id>')
564 * added support for adding and removing network from the current
565 configuration ('wpa_cli add_network' and 'wpa_cli remove_network
566 <network id>'); added networks are disabled by default and they can
567 be enabled with enable_network command once the configuration is done
568 for the new network; note: configuration file is not yet updated, so
569 these new networks are lost when wpa_supplicant is restarted
570 * added support for setting network configuration parameters through
571 the control interface, for example:
572 wpa_cli set_network 0 ssid "\"my network\""
573 * fixed parsing of strings that include both " and # within double
574 quoted area (e.g., "start"#end")
575 * added EAP workaround for PEAP session resumption: allow outer,
576 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
577 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
578 (this was allowed for PEAPv1 before, but now it is also allowed for
579 PEAPv0 since at least one RADIUS authentication server seems to be
580 doing this for PEAPv0, too)
581 * wpa_gui: added preliminary support for adding new networks to the
582 wpa_supplicant configuration (double click on the scan results to
583 open network configuration)
586 * removed interface for external EAPOL/EAP supplicant (e.g.,
587 Xsupplicant), (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE) since it is not required
588 anymore and is unlikely to be used by anyone
589 * driver_ndis: fixed WinPcap 3.0 support
590 * fixed build with CONFIG_DNET_PCAP=y on Linux
591 * l2_packet: moved different implementations into separate files
595 * driver_ipw: updated driver structures to match with ipw2200-1.0.4
596 (note: ipw2100-1.1.0 is likely to require an update to work with
598 * added support for using ap_scan=2 mode with multiple network blocks;
599 wpa_supplicant will go through the networks one by one until the
600 driver reports a successful association; this uses the same order for
601 networks as scan_ssid=1 scans, i.e., the priority field is ignored
602 and the network block order in the file is used instead
603 * fixed a potential issue in RSN pre-authentication ending up using
604 freed memory if pre-authentication times out
605 * added support for matching alternative subject name extensions of the
606 authentication server certificate; new configuration variables
607 altsubject_match and altsubject_match2
608 * driver_ndis: added support for IEEE 802.1X authentication with wired
610 * added support for querying private key password (EAP-TLS) through the
611 control interface (wpa_cli/wpa_gui) if one is not included in the
613 * driver_broadcom: fixed couple of memory leaks in scan result
615 * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
616 * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
617 * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
618 * added support for using password with EAP-PAX (as an alternative to
619 entering key with eappsk); SHA-1 hash of the password will be used as
621 * added support for arbitrary driver interface parameters through the
622 configuration file with a new driver_param field; this adds a new
623 driver_ops function set_param()
624 * added possibility to override l2_packet module with driver interface
625 API (new send_eapol handler); this can be used to implement driver
626 specific TX/RX functions for EAPOL frames
627 * fixed ctrl_interface_group processing for the case where gid is
628 entered as a number, not group name
629 * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
630 by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
634 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA/WPA2 mode configuration to allow EAPOL
635 packets to be encrypted; this was apparently broken by the changed
636 ioctl order in v0.4.0
637 * driver_madwifi: added preliminary support for compiling against 'BSD'
638 branch of madwifi CVS tree
639 * added support for EAP-MSCHAPv2 password retries within the same EAP
640 authentication session
641 * added support for password changes with EAP-MSCHAPv2 (used when the
642 password has expired)
643 * added support for reading additional certificates from PKCS#12 files
644 and adding them to the certificate chain
645 * fixed association with IEEE 802.1X (no WPA) when dynamic WEP keys
647 * fixed a possible double free in EAP-TTLS fast-reauthentication when
648 identity or password is entered through control interface
649 * display EAP Notification messages to user through control interface
650 with "CTRL-EVENT-EAP-NOTIFICATION" prefix
651 * added GUI version of wpa_cli, wpa_gui; this is not build
652 automatically with 'make'; use 'make wpa_gui' to build (this requires
653 Qt development tools)
654 * added 'disconnect' command to control interface for setting
655 wpa_supplicant in state where it will not associate before
656 'reassociate' command has been used
657 * added support for selecting a network from the list of all configured
658 networks ('wpa_cli select_network <network id>'; this disabled all
659 other networks; to re-enable, 'wpa_cli select_network any')
660 * added support for getting scan results through control interface
661 * added EAP workaround for PEAPv1 session resumption: allow outer,
662 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
663 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
665 2005-04-25 - v0.4.0 (beginning of 0.4.x development releases)
666 * added a new build time option, CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG, that can be
667 used to reduce the size of the wpa_supplicant considerably if
668 debugging code is not needed
669 * fixed EAPOL-Key validation to drop packets with invalid Key Data
670 Length; such frames could have crashed wpa_supplicant due to buffer
672 * added support for wired authentication (IEEE 802.1X on wired
673 Ethernet); driver interface 'wired'
674 * obsoleted set_wpa() handler in the driver interface API (it can be
675 replaced by moving enable/disable functionality into init()/deinit())
676 (calls to set_wpa() are still present for backwards compatibility,
677 but they may be removed in the future)
678 * driver_madwifi: fixed association in plaintext mode
679 * modified the EAP workaround that accepts EAP-Success with incorrect
680 Identifier to be even less strict about verification in order to
681 interoperate with some authentication servers
682 * added support for sending TLS alerts
683 * added support for 'any' SSID wildcard; if ssid is not configured or
684 is set to an empty string, any SSID will be accepted for non-WPA AP
685 * added support for asking PIN (for SIM) from frontends (e.g.,
686 wpa_cli); if a PIN is needed, but not included in the configuration
687 file, a control interface request is sent and EAP processing is
688 delayed until the PIN is available
689 * added support for using external devices (e.g., a smartcard) for
690 private key operations in EAP-TLS (CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y in .config);
691 new wpa_supplicant.conf variables:
692 - global: opensc_engine_path, pkcs11_engine_path, pkcs11_module_path
693 - network: engine, engine_id, key_id
694 * added experimental support for EAP-PAX
695 * added monitor mode for wpa_cli (-a<path to a program to run>) that
696 allows external commands (e.g., shell scripts) to be run based on
697 wpa_supplicant events, e.g., when authentication has been completed
698 and data connection is ready; other related wpa_cli arguments:
699 -B (run in background), -P (write PID file); wpa_supplicant has a new
700 command line argument (-W) that can be used to make it wait until a
701 control interface command is received in order to avoid missing
703 * added support for opportunistic WPA2 PMKSA key caching (disabled by
704 default, can be enabled with proactive_key_caching=1)
705 * fixed RSN IE in 4-Way Handshake message 2/4 for the case where
706 Authenticator rejects PMKSA caching attempt and the driver is not
707 using assoc_info events
708 * added -P<pid file> argument for wpa_supplicant to write the current
709 process id into a file
711 2005-02-12 - v0.3.7 (beginning of 0.3.x stable releases)
712 * added new phase1 option parameter, include_tls_length=1, to force
713 wpa_supplicant to add TLS Message Length field to all TLS messages
714 even if the packet is not fragmented; this may be needed with some
715 authentication servers
716 * fixed WPA/RSN IE verification in message 3 of 4-Way Handshake when
717 using drivers that take care of AP selection (e.g., when using
719 * fixed reprocessing of pending request after ctrl_iface requests for
720 identity/password/otp
721 * fixed ctrl_iface requests for identity/password/otp in Phase 2 of
722 EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS
723 * all drivers using driver_wext: set interface up and select Managed
724 mode when starting wpa_supplicant; set interface down when exiting
725 * renamed driver_ipw2100.c to driver_ipw.c since it now supports both
726 ipw2100 and ipw2200; please note that this also changed the
727 configuration variable in .config to CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW
730 * fixed a busy loop introduced in v0.3.5 for scan result processing
731 when no matching AP is found
734 * added a workaround for an interoperability issue with a Cisco AP
736 * fixed non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to use the same authentication timeout as
737 WPA with IEEE 802.1X (i.e., timeout 10 -> 70 sec to allow
738 retransmission of dropped frames)
739 * fixed issues with 64-bit CPUs and SHA1 cleanup in previous version
740 (e.g., segfault when processing EAPOL-Key frames)
741 * fixed EAP workaround and fast reauthentication configuration for
742 RSN pre-authentication; previously these were disabled and
743 pre-authentication would fail if the used authentication server
744 requires EAP workarounds
745 * added support for blacklisting APs that fail or timeout
746 authentication in ap_scan=1 mode so that all APs are tried in cases
747 where the ones with strongest signal level are failing authentication
748 * fixed CA certificate loading after a failed EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
749 authentication attempt
750 * allow EAP-PEAP/TTLS fast reauthentication only if Phase 2 succeeded
751 in the previous authentication (previously, only Phase 1 success was
755 * added preliminary support for IBSS (ad-hoc) mode configuration
756 (mode=1 in network block); this included a new key_mgmt mode
757 WPA-NONE, i.e., TKIP or CCMP with a fixed key (based on psk) and no
758 key management; see wpa_supplicant.conf for more details and an
759 example on how to configure this (note: this is currently implemented
760 only for driver_hostapd.c, but the changes should be trivial to add
761 in associate() handler for other drivers, too (assuming the driver
763 * added preliminary port for native Windows (i.e., no cygwin) using
767 * added optional support for GNU Readline and History Libraries for
768 wpa_cli (CONFIG_READLINE)
769 * cleaned up EAP state machine <-> method interface and number of
770 small problems with error case processing not terminating on
771 EAP-Failure but waiting for timeout
772 * added couple of workarounds for interoperability issues with a
773 Cisco AP when using WPA2
774 * added support for EAP-FAST (draft-cam-winget-eap-fast-00.txt);
775 Note: This requires a patch for openssl to add support for TLS
776 extensions and number of workarounds for operations without
777 certificates. Proof of concept type of experimental patch is
778 included in openssl-tls-extensions.patch.
781 * fixed private key loading for cases where passphrase is not set
782 * fixed Windows/cygwin L2 packet handler freeing; previous version
783 could cause a segfault when RSN pre-authentication was completed
784 * added support for PMKSA caching with drivers that generate RSN IEs
785 (e.g., NDIS); currently, this is only implemented in driver_ndis.c,
786 but similar code can be easily added to driver_ndiswrapper.c once
787 ndiswrapper gets full support for RSN PMKSA caching
788 * improved recovery from PMKID mismatches by requesting full EAP
789 authentication in case of failed PMKSA caching attempt
790 * driver_ndis: added support for NDIS NdisMIncidateStatus() events
791 (this requires that ndis_events is ran while wpa_supplicant is
793 * driver_ndis: use ADD_WEP/REMOVE_WEP when configuring WEP keys
794 * added support for driver interfaces to replace the interface name
795 based on driver/OS specific mapping, e.g., in case of driver_ndis,
796 this allows the beginning of the adapter description to be used as
798 * added support for CR+LF (Windows-style) line ends in configuration
800 * driver_ndis: enable radio before starting scanning, disable radio
802 * modified association event handler to set portEnabled = FALSE before
803 clearing port Valid in order to reset EAP state machine and avoid
804 problems with new authentication getting ignored because of state
805 machines ending up in AUTHENTICATED/SUCCESS state based on old
807 * added support for driver events to add PMKID candidates in order to
808 allow drivers to give priority to most likely roaming candidates
809 * driver_hostap: moved PrivacyInvoked configuration to associate()
810 function so that this will not be set for plaintext connections
811 * added KEY_MGMT_802_1X_NO_WPA as a new key_mgmt type so that driver
812 interface can distinguish plaintext and IEEE 802.1X (no WPA)
814 * fixed static WEP key configuration to use broadcast/default type for
815 all keys (previously, the default TX key was configured as pairwise/
817 * driver_ndis: added legacy WPA capability detection for non-WPA2
819 * added support for setting static WEP keys for IEEE 802.1X without
820 dynamic WEP keying (eapol_flags=0)
823 * added support for reading PKCS#12 (PFX) files (as a replacement for
824 PEM/DER) to get certificate and private key (CONFIG_PKCS12)
825 * fixed compilation with CONFIG_PCSC=y
826 * added new ap_scan mode, ap_scan=2, for drivers that take care of
827 association, but need to be configured with security policy and SSID,
828 e.g., ndiswrapper and NDIS driver; this mode should allow such
829 drivers to work with hidden SSIDs and optimized roaming; when
830 ap_scan=2 is used, only the first network block in the configuration
831 file is used and this configuration should have explicit security
832 policy (i.e., only one option in the lists) for key_mgmt, pairwise,
833 group, proto variables
834 * added experimental port of wpa_supplicant for Windows
835 - driver_ndis.c driver interface (NDIS OIDs)
836 - currently, this requires cygwin and WinPcap
837 - small utility, win_if_list, can be used to get interface name
838 * control interface can now be removed at build time; add
839 CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y to .config to maintain old functionality
840 * optional Xsupplicant interface can now be removed at build time;
841 (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE=y in .config to bring it back)
842 * added auth_alg to driver interface associate() parameters to make it
843 easier for drivers to configure authentication algorithm as part of
846 2004-12-05 - v0.3.0 (beginning of 0.3.x development releases)
847 * driver_broadcom: added new driver interface for Broadcom wl.o driver
848 (a generic driver for Broadcom IEEE 802.11a/g cards)
849 * wpa_cli: fixed parsing of -p <path> command line argument
850 * PEAPv1: fixed tunneled EAP-Success reply handling to reply with TLS
851 ACK, not tunneled EAP-Success (of which only the first byte was
852 actually send due to a bug in previous code); this seems to
853 interoperate with most RADIUS servers that implements PEAPv1
854 * PEAPv1: added support for terminating PEAP authentication on tunneled
855 EAP-Success message; this can be configured by adding
856 peap_outer_success=0 on phase1 parameters in wpa_supplicant.conf
857 (some RADIUS servers require this whereas others require a tunneled
859 * PEAPv1: changed phase1 option peaplabel to use default to 0, i.e., to
860 the old label for key derivation; previously, the default was 1,
861 but it looks like most existing PEAPv1 implementations use the old
862 label which is thus more suitable default option
863 * added support for EAP-PSK (draft-bersani-eap-psk-03.txt)
864 * fixed parsing of wep_tx_keyidx
865 * added support for configuring list of allowed Phase 2 EAP types
866 (for both EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS) instead of only one type
867 * added support for configuring IEEE 802.11 authentication algorithm
868 (auth_alg; mainly for using Shared Key authentication with static
870 * added support for EAP-AKA (with UMTS SIM)
871 * fixed couple of errors in PCSC handling that could have caused
872 random-looking errors for EAP-SIM
873 * added support for EAP-SIM pseudonyms and fast re-authentication
874 * added support for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS fast re-authentication (TLS
876 * added support for EAP-SIM with two challanges
877 (phase1="sim_min_num_chal=3" can be used to require three challenges)
878 * added support for configuring DH/DSA parameters for an ephemeral DH
879 key exchange (EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS) using new configuration parameters
880 dh_file and dh_file2 (phase 2); this adds support for using DSA keys
881 and optional DH key exchange to achieve forward secracy with RSA keys
882 * added support for matching subject of the authentication server
883 certificate with a substring when using EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS; new
884 configuration variables subject_match and subject_match2
885 * changed SSID configuration in driver_wext.c (used by many driver
886 interfaces) to use ssid_len+1 as the length for SSID since some Linux
888 * fixed couple of unaligned reads in scan result parsing to fix WPA
889 connection on some platforms (e.g., ARM)
890 * added driver interface for Intel ipw2100 driver
891 * added support for LEAP with WPA
892 * added support for larger scan results report (old limit was 4 kB of
893 data, i.e., about 35 or so APs) when using Linux wireless extensions
895 * fixed a bug in PMKSA cache processing: skip sending of EAPOL-Start
896 only if there is a PMKSA cache entry for the current AP
897 * fixed error handling for case where reading of scan results fails:
898 must schedule a new scan or wpa_supplicant will remain waiting
900 * changed debug output to remove shared password/key material by
901 default; all key information can be included with -K command line
902 argument to match the previous behavior
903 * added support for timestamping debug log messages (disabled by
904 default, can be enabled with -t command line argument)
905 * set pairwise/group cipher suite for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to WEP-104
906 if keys are not configured to be used; this fixes IEEE 802.1X mode
907 with drivers that use this information to configure whether Privacy
908 bit can be in Beacon frames (e.g., ndiswrapper)
909 * avoid clearing driver keys if no keys have been configured since last
910 key clear request; this seems to improve reliability of group key
911 handshake for ndiswrapper & NDIS driver which seems to be suffering
912 of some kind of timing issue when the keys are cleared again after
914 * changed driver interface API:
915 - WPA_SUPPLICANT_DRIVER_VERSION define can be used to determine which
916 version is being used (now, this is set to 2; previously, it was
918 - pass pointer to private data structure to all calls
919 - the new API is not backwards compatible; all in-tree driver
920 interfaces has been converted to the new API
921 * added support for controlling multiple interfaces (radios) per
922 wpa_supplicant process; each interface needs to be listed on the
923 command line (-c, -i, -D arguments) with -N as a separator
924 (-cwpa1.conf -iwlan0 -Dhostap -N -cwpa2.conf -iath0 -Dmadwifi)
925 * added a workaround for EAP servers that incorrectly use same Id for
926 sequential EAP packets
927 * changed libpcap/libdnet configuration to use .config variable,
928 CONFIG_DNET_PCAP, instead of requiring Makefile modification
929 * improved downgrade attack detection in IE verification of msg 3/4:
930 verify both WPA and RSN IEs, if present, not only the selected one;
931 reject the AP if an RSN IE is found in msg 3/4, but not in Beacon or
932 Probe Response frame, and RSN is enabled in wpa_supplicant
934 * fixed WPA msg 3/4 processing to allow Key Data field contain other
935 IEs than just one WPA IE
936 * added support for FreeBSD and driver interface for the BSD net80211
937 layer (CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=y in .config); please note that some of the
938 required kernel mods have not yet been committed
939 * made EAP workarounds configurable; enabled by default, can be
940 disabled with network block option eap_workaround=0
942 2004-07-17 - v0.2.4 (beginning of 0.2.x stable releases)
943 * resolved couple of interoperability issues with EAP-PEAPv1 and
944 Phase 2 (inner EAP) fragment reassembly
945 * driver_madwifi: fixed WEP key configuration for IEEE 802.1X when the
946 AP is using non-zero key index for the unicast key and key index zero
947 for the broadcast key
948 * driver_hostap: fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key updates and
949 re-authentication by allowing unencrypted EAPOL frames when not using
951 * added a new driver interface, 'wext', which uses only standard,
952 driver independent functionality in Linux wireless extensions;
953 currently, this can be used only for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode, but
954 eventually, this is to be extended to support full WPA/WPA2 once
955 Linux wireless extensions get support for this
956 * added support for mode in which the driver is responsible for AP
957 scanning and selection; this is disabled by default and can be
958 enabled with global ap_scan=0 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf;
959 this mode can be used, e.g., with generic 'wext' driver interface to
960 use wpa_supplicant as IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with any Linux driver
961 supporting wireless extensions.
962 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA2 configuration and scan_ssid=1 (e.g.,
963 operation with an AP that does not include SSID in the Beacon frames)
964 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
965 EAP-TTLS/EAP-OTP, EAP-PEAPv0/OTP, EAP-PEAPv1/OTP, EAP-OTP
966 * added support for asking one-time-passwords from frontends (e.g.,
967 wpa_cli); this 'otp' command works otherwise like 'password' command,
968 but the password is used only once and the frontend will be asked for
969 a new password whenever a request from authenticator requires a
970 password; this can be used with both EAP-OTP and EAP-GTC
971 * changed wpa_cli to automatically re-establish connection so that it
972 does not need to be re-started when wpa_supplicant is terminated and
974 * improved user data (identity/password/otp) requests through
975 frontends: process pending EAPOL packets after getting new
976 information so that full authentication does not need to be
977 restarted; in addition, send pending requests again whenever a new
979 * changed control frontends to use a new directory for socket files to
980 make it easier for wpa_cli to automatically select between interfaces
981 and to provide access control for the control interface;
982 wpa_supplicant.conf: ctrl_interface is now a path
983 (/var/run/wpa_supplicant is the recommended path) and
984 ctrl_interface_group can be used to select which group gets access to
985 the control interface;
986 wpa_cli: by default, try to connect to the first interface available
987 in /var/run/wpa_supplicant; this path can be overriden with -p option
988 and an interface can be selected with -i option (i.e., in most common
989 cases, wpa_cli does not need to get any arguments)
990 * added support for LEAP
991 * added driver interface for Linux ndiswrapper
992 * added priority option for network blocks in the configuration file;
993 this allows networks to be grouped based on priority (the scan
994 results are searched for matches with network blocks in this order)
997 * sort scan results to improve AP selection
998 * fixed control interface socket removal for some error cases
999 * improved scan requesting and authentication timeout
1000 * small improvements/bug fixes for EAP-MSCHAPv2, EAP-PEAP, and
1002 * PEAP version can now be forced with phase1="peapver=<ver>"
1003 (mostly for testing; by default, the highest version supported by
1004 both the Supplicant and Authentication Server is selected
1006 * added support for madwifi driver (Atheros ar521x)
1007 * added a workaround for cases where AP sets Install Tx/Rx bit for
1008 WPA Group Key messages when pairwise keys are used (without this,
1009 the Group Key would be used for Tx and the AP would drop frames
1011 * added GSM SIM/USIM interface for GSM authentication algorithm for
1012 EAP-SIM; this requires pcsc-lite
1013 * added support for ATMEL AT76C5XXx driver
1014 * fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key derivation in the case where Authenticator
1015 does not include key data in the EAPOL-Key frame (i.e., part of
1016 EAP keying material is used as data encryption key)
1017 * added support for using plaintext and static WEP networks
1021 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
1022 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MD5-Challenge
1024 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MSCHAPv2
1032 EAP-PEAP/MD5-Challenge
1034 EAP-SIM (not yet complete; needs GSM/SIM authentication interface)
1035 * added support for anonymous identity (to be used when identity is
1036 sent in plaintext; real identity will be used within TLS protected
1037 tunnel (e.g., with EAP-TTLS)
1038 * added event messages from wpa_supplicant to frontends, e.g., wpa_cli
1039 * added support for requesting identity and password information using
1040 control interface; in other words, the password for EAP-PEAP or
1041 EAP-TTLS does not need to be included in the configuration file since
1042 a frontand (e.g., wpa_cli) can ask it from the user
1043 * improved RSN pre-authentication to use a candidate list and process
1044 all candidates from each scan; not only one per scan
1045 * fixed RSN IE and WPA IE capabilities field parsing
1046 * ignore Tx bit in GTK IE when Pairwise keys are used
1047 * avoid making new scan requests during IEEE 802.1X negotiation
1048 * use openssl/libcrypto for MD5 and SHA-1 when compiling wpa_supplicant
1049 with TLS support (this replaces the included implementation with
1050 library code to save about 8 kB since the library code is needed
1052 * fixed WPA-PSK only mode when compiled without IEEE 802.1X support
1053 (i.e., without CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y in .config)
1056 * added support for internal IEEE 802.1X (actually, IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1)
1058 - EAPOL state machines for Supplicant [IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1]
1059 - EAP peer state machine [draft-ietf-eap-statemachine-02.pdf]
1060 - EAP-MD5 (cannot be used with WPA-RADIUS)
1061 [draft-ietf-eap-rfc2284bis-09.txt]
1062 - EAP-TLS [RFC 2716]
1063 - EAP-MSCHAPv2 (currently used only with EAP-PEAP)
1064 - EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2 [draft-josefsson-pppext-eap-tls-eap-07.txt]
1065 [draft-kamath-pppext-eap-mschapv2-00.txt]
1066 (PEAP version 0, 1, and parts of 2; only 0 and 1 are enabled by
1067 default; tested with FreeRADIUS, Microsoft IAS, and Funk Odyssey)
1068 - new configuration file options: eap, identity, password, ca_cert,
1069 client_cert, privatekey, private_key_passwd
1070 - Xsupplicant is not required anymore, but it can be used by
1071 disabling the internal IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with -e command line
1073 - this code is not included in the default build; Makefile need to
1074 be edited for this (uncomment lines for selected functionality)
1075 - EAP-TLS and EAP-PEAP require openssl libraries
1076 * use module prefix in debug messages (WPA, EAP, EAP-TLS, ..)
1077 * added support for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode with dynamic WEP keys
1078 (i.e., complete IEEE 802.1X/EAP authentication and use IEEE 802.1X
1079 EAPOL-Key frames instead of WPA key handshakes)
1080 * added support for IEEE 802.11i/RSN (WPA2)
1081 - improved PTK Key Handshake
1082 - PMKSA caching, pre-authentication
1083 * fixed wpa_supplicant to ignore possible extra data after WPA
1084 EAPOL-Key packets (this fixes 'Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using
1085 TPTK' error from message 3 of 4-Way Handshake in case the AP
1086 includes extra data after the EAPOL-Key)
1087 * added interface for external programs (frontends) to control
1089 - CLI example (wpa_cli) with interactive mode and command line
1091 - replaced SIGUSR1 status/statistics with the new control interface
1092 * made some feature compile time configurable
1093 - .config file for make
1094 - driver interfaces (hostap, hermes, ..)
1095 - EAPOL/EAP functions
1098 * Initial version of wpa_supplicant
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