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
11 * added support for parsing PKCS #8 formatted private keys into the
12 internal TLS implementation (both PKCS #1 RSA key and PKCS #8
13 encapsulated RSA key can now be used)
14 * added option of using faster, but larger, routines in the internal
15 LibTomMath (for internal TLS implementation) to speed up DH and RSA
16 calculations (CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH_FAST=y)
17 * fixed race condition between disassociation event and group key
18 handshake to avoid getting stuck in incorrect state [Bug 261]
21 * removed 'nai' and 'eappsk' network configuration variables that were
22 previously used for configuring user identity and key for EAP-PSK,
23 EAP-PAX, EAP-SAKE, and EAP-GPSK. 'identity' field is now used as the
24 replacement for 'nai' (if old configuration used a separate
25 'identity' value, that would now be configured as
26 'anonymous_identity'). 'password' field is now used as the
27 replacement for 'eappsk' (it can also be set using hexstring to
28 present random binary data)
29 * removed '-w' command line parameter (wait for interface to be added,
30 if needed); cleaner way of handling this functionality is to use an
31 external mechanism (e.g., hotplug scripts) that start wpa_supplicant
32 when an interface is added
33 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D9.0
34 * added ctrl_iface monitor event (CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS) for
35 indicating when new scan results become available
36 * added new ctrl_iface command, BSS, to allow scan results to be
37 fetched without hitting the message size limits (this command
38 can be used to iterate through the scan results one BSS at the time)
39 * fixed EAP-SIM not to include AT_NONCE_MT and AT_SELECTED_VERSION
40 attributes in EAP-SIM Start/Response when using fast reauthentication
41 * fixed EAPOL not to end up in infinite loop when processing dynamic
42 WEP keys with IEEE 802.1X
43 * fixed problems in getting NDIS events from WMI on Windows 2000
46 * added support for Makefile builds to include debug-log-to-a-file
47 functionality (CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y and -f<path> on command line)
48 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA message parser to validate attribute
49 lengths properly to avoid potential crash caused by invalid messages
50 * added data structure for storing allocated buffers (struct wpabuf);
51 this does not affect wpa_supplicant usage, but many of the APIs
52 changed and various interfaces (e.g., EAP) is not compatible with old
54 * added support for protecting EAP-AKA/Identity messages with
55 AT_CHECKCODE (optional feature in RFC 4187)
56 * added support for protected result indication with AT_RESULT_IND for
57 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA (phase1="result_ind=1")
58 * added driver_wext workaround for race condition between scanning and
59 association with drivers that take very long time to scan all
60 channels (e.g., madwifi with dual-band cards); wpa_supplicant is now
61 using a longer hardcoded timeout for the scan if the driver supports
62 notifications for scan completion (SIOCGIWSCAN event); this helps,
63 e.g., in cases where wpa_supplicant and madwifi driver ended up in
64 loop where the driver did not even try to associate
65 * stop EAPOL timer tick when no timers are in use in order to reduce
66 power consumption (no need to wake up the process once per second)
68 * added support for privilege separation (run only minimal part of
69 wpa_supplicant functionality as root and rest as unprivileged,
70 non-root process); see 'Privilege separation' in README for details;
71 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with CONFIG_PRIVSEP=y
73 * changed scan results data structure to include all information
74 elements to make it easier to support new IEs; old get_scan_result()
75 driver_ops is still supported for backwards compatibility (results
76 are converted internally to the new format), but all drivers should
77 start using the new get_scan_results2() to make them more likely to
78 work with new features
79 * Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory) is now native Qt4
80 application, i.e., it does not require Qt3Support anymore; Windows
81 binary of wpa_gui.exe is now from this directory and only requires
82 QtCore4.dll and QtGui4.dll libraries
83 * updated Windows binary build to use Qt 4.3.3 and made Qt DLLs
84 available as a separate package to make wpa_gui installation easier:
85 http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/qt4/wpa_gui-qt433-windows-dll.zip
86 * added support for EAP-IKEv2 (draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15.txt);
87 only shared key/password authentication is supported in this version
90 * added support for configuring password as NtPasswordHash
91 (16-byte MD4 hash of password) in hash:<32 hex digits> format
92 * added support for fallback from abbreviated TLS handshake to
93 full handshake when using EAP-FAST (e.g., due to an expired
95 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
96 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-07.txt)
97 * added support for drivers that take care of RSN 4-way handshake
98 internally (WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_4WAY_HANDSHAKE in get_capa flags and
99 WPA_ALG_PMK in set_key)
100 * added an experimental port for Mac OS X (CONFIG_DRIVER_OSX=y in
101 .config); this version supports only ap_scan=2 mode and allow the
102 driver to take care of the 4-way handshake
103 * fixed a buffer overflow in parsing TSF from scan results when using
104 driver_wext.c with a driver that includes the TSF (e.g., iwl4965)
106 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D8.0
107 * fixed an integer overflow issue in the ASN.1 parser used by the
108 (experimental) internal TLS implementation to avoid a potential
110 * fixed a race condition with -W option (wait for a control interface
111 monitor before starting) that could have caused the first messages to
113 * added support for processing TNCC-TNCS-Messages to report
114 recommendation (allow/none/isolate) when using TNC [Bug 243]
117 * added network configuration parameter 'frequency' for setting
118 initial channel for IBSS (adhoc) networks
119 * added experimental IEEE 802.11r/D6.0 support
120 * updated EAP-SAKE to RFC 4763 and the IANA-allocated EAP type 48
121 * updated EAP-PSK to use the IANA-allocated EAP type 47
122 * fixed EAP-PAX key derivation
123 * fixed EAP-PSK bit ordering of the Flags field
124 * fixed EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST to use the correct EAP identifier in
125 tunnelled identity request (previously, the identifier from the outer
126 method was used, not the tunnelled identifier which could be
128 * added support for fragmentation of outer TLS packets during Phase 2
129 of EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST
130 * fixed EAP-TTLS AVP parser processing for too short AVP lengths
131 * added support for EAP-FAST authentication with inner methods that
132 generate MSK (e.g., EAP-MSCHAPv2 that was previously only supported
133 for PAC provisioning)
134 * added support for authenticated EAP-FAST provisioning
135 * added support for configuring maximum number of EAP-FAST PACs to
136 store in a PAC list (fast_max_pac_list_len=<max> in phase1 string)
137 * added support for storing EAP-FAST PACs in binary format
138 (fast_pac_format=binary in phase1 string)
139 * fixed dbus ctrl_iface to validate message interface before
140 dispatching to avoid a possible segfault [Bug 190]
141 * fixed PeerKey key derivation to use the correct PRF label
142 * updated Windows binary build to link against OpenSSL 0.9.8d and
143 added support for EAP-FAST
144 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
145 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-04.txt)
146 * fixed EAP-AKA Notification processing to allow Notification to be
147 processed after AKA Challenge response has been sent
148 * updated to use IEEE 802.11w/D2.0 for management frame protection
150 * fixed EAP-TTLS implementation not to crash on use of freed memory
151 if TLS library initialization fails
152 * added support for EAP-TNC (Trusted Network Connect)
153 (this version implements the EAP-TNC method and EAP-TTLS changes
154 needed to run two methods in sequence (IF-T) and the IF-IMC and
155 IF-TNCCS interfaces from TNCC)
158 * added experimental, integrated TLSv1 client implementation with the
159 needed X.509/ASN.1/RSA/bignum processing (this can be enabled by
160 setting CONFIG_TLS=internal and CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH=y in
161 .config); this can be useful, e.g., if the target system does not
162 have a suitable TLS library and a minimal code size is required
163 (total size of this internal TLS/crypto code is bit under 50 kB on
164 x86 and the crypto code is shared by rest of the supplicant so some
165 of it was already required; TLSv1/X.509/ASN.1/RSA added about 25 kB)
166 * removed STAKey handshake since PeerKey handshake has replaced it in
167 IEEE 802.11ma and there are no known deployments of STAKey
168 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
169 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-01.txt)
170 * added preliminary implementation of IEEE 802.11w/D1.0 (management
172 (Note: this requires driver support to work properly.)
173 (Note2: IEEE 802.11w is an unapproved draft and subject to change.)
174 * fixed Windows named pipes ctrl_iface to not stop listening for
175 commands if client program opens a named pipe and closes it
176 immediately without sending a command
177 * fixed USIM PIN status determination for the case that PIN is not
178 needed (this allows EAP-AKA to be used with USIM cards that do not
180 * added support for reading 3G USIM AID from EF_DIR to allow EAP-AKA to
181 be used with cards that do not support file selection based on
183 * added support for matching the subjectAltName of the authentication
184 server certificate against multiple name components (e.g.,
185 altsubject_match="DNS:server.example.com;DNS:server2.example.com")
186 * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA key derivation for re-authentication case (only
187 affects IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP keys)
188 * changed ctrl_iface network configuration 'get' operations to not
189 return password/key material; if these fields are requested, "*"
190 will be returned if the password/key is set, but the value of the
191 parameter is not exposed
194 * added support for building Windows version with UNICODE defined
195 (wide-char functions)
196 * driver_ndis: fixed static WEP configuration to avoid race condition
197 issues with some NDIS drivers between association and setting WEP
199 * driver_ndis: added validation for IELength value in scan results to
200 avoid crashes when using buggy NDIS drivers [Bug 165]
201 * fixed Release|Win32 target in the Visual Studio project files
202 (previously, only Debug|Win32 target was set properly)
203 * changed control interface API call wpa_ctrl_pending() to allow it to
204 return -1 on error (e.g., connection lost); control interface clients
205 will need to make sure that they verify that the value is indeed >0
206 when determining whether there are pending messages
207 * added an alternative control interface backend for Windows targets:
208 Named Pipe (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=named_pipe); this is now the default
209 control interface mechanism for Windows builds (previously, UDP to
211 * changed ctrl_interface configuration for UNIX domain sockets:
212 - deprecated ctrl_interface_group variable (it may be removed in
214 - allow both directory and group be configured with ctrl_interface
215 in following format: DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
216 - ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant is still supported for the
217 case when group is not changed
218 * added support for controlling more than one interface per process in
220 * added a workaround for a case where the AP is using unknown address
221 (e.g., MAC address of the wired interface) as the source address for
222 EAPOL-Key frames; previously, that source address was used as the
223 destination for EAPOL-Key frames and in key derivation; now, BSSID is
224 used even if the source address does not match with it
225 (this resolves an interoperability issue with Thomson SpeedTouch 580)
226 * added a workaround for UDP-based control interface (which was used in
227 Windows builds before this release) to prevent packets with forged
228 addresses from being accepted as local control requests
229 * removed ndis_events.cpp and possibility of using external
230 ndis_events.exe; C version (ndis_events.c) is fully functional and
231 there is no desire to maintain two separate versions of this
233 * ndis_events: Changed NDIS event notification design to use WMI to
234 learn the adapter description through Win32_PnPEntity class; this
235 should fix some cases where the adapter name was not recognized
236 correctly (e.g., with some USB WLAN adapters, e.g., Ralink RT2500
238 * fixed selection of the first network in ap_scan=2 mode; previously,
239 wpa_supplicant could get stuck in SCANNING state when only the first
240 network for enabled (e.g., after 'wpa_cli select_network 0')
241 * winsvc: added support for configuring ctrl_interface parameters in
242 registry (ctrl_interface string value in
243 HKLM\SOFTWARE\wpa_supplicant\interfaces\0000 key); this new value is
244 required to enable control interface (previously, this was hardcoded
246 * allow wpa_gui subdirectory to be built with both Qt3 and Qt4
247 * converted wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory to use Qt4 specific project format
250 * fixed build with CONFIG_STAKEY=y [Bug 143]
251 * added support for doing MLME (IEEE 802.11 management frame
252 processing) in wpa_supplicant when using Devicescape IEEE 802.11
253 stack (wireless-dev.git tree)
254 * added a new network block configuration option, fragment_size, to
255 configure the maximum EAP fragment size
256 * driver_ndis: Disable WZC automatically for the selected interface to
257 avoid conflicts with two programs trying to control the radio; WZC
258 will be re-enabled (if it was enabled originally) when wpa_supplicant
260 * added an experimental TLSv1 client implementation
261 (CONFIG_TLS=internal) that can be used instead of an external TLS
262 library, e.g., to reduce total size requirement on systems that do
263 not include any TLS library by default (this is not yet complete;
264 basic functionality is there, but certificate validation is not yet
266 * added PeerKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
267 direct link setup (DLS) to replace STAKey handshake
268 * fixed WPA PSK update through ctrl_iface for the case where the old
269 PSK was derived from an ASCII passphrase and the new PSK is set as
270 a raw PSK (hex string)
271 * added new configuration option for identifying which network block
272 was used (id_str in wpa_supplicant.conf; included on
273 WPA_EVENT_CONNECT monitor event and as WPA_ID_STR environmental
274 variable in wpa_cli action scripts; in addition WPA_ID variable is
275 set to the current unique identifier that wpa_supplicant assigned
276 automatically for the network and that can be used with
277 GET_NETWORK/SET_NETWORK ctrl_iface commands)
278 * wpa_cli action script is now called only when the connect/disconnect
279 status changes or when associating with a different network
280 * fixed configuration parser not to remove CCMP from group cipher list
281 if WPA-None (adhoc) is used (pairwise=NONE in that case)
282 * fixed integrated NDIS events processing not to hang the process due
283 to a missed change in eloop_win.c API in v0.5.3 [Bug 155]
284 * added support for EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK,
285 draft-clancy-emu-eap-shared-secret-00.txt)
286 * added Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 solution and project files for
287 build wpa_supplicant for Windows (see vs2005 subdirectory)
288 * eloop_win: fixed unregistration of Windows events
289 * l2_packet_winpcap: fixed a deadlock in deinitializing l2_packet
290 at the end of RSN pre-authentication and added unregistration of
291 a Windows event to avoid getting eloop_win stuck with an invalid
293 * driver_ndis: added support for selecting AP based on BSSID
294 * added new environmental variable for wpa_cli action scripts:
295 WPA_CTRL_DIR is the current control interface directory
296 * driver_ndis: added support for using NDISUIO instead of WinPcap for
297 OID set/query operations (CONFIG_USE_NDISUIO=y in .config); with new
298 l2_packet_ndis (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=ndis), this can be used to build
299 wpa_supplicant without requiring WinPcap; note that using NDISUIO
300 requires that WZC is disabled (net stop wzcsvc) since NDISUIO allows
301 only one application to open the device
302 * changed NDIS driver naming to only include device GUID, e.g.,
303 {7EE3EFE5-C165-472F-986D-F6FBEDFE8C8D}, instead of including WinPcap
304 specific \Device\NPF_ prefix before the GUID; the prefix is still
305 allowed for backwards compatibility, but it is not required anymore
306 when specifying the interface
307 * driver_ndis: re-initialize driver interface is the adapter is removed
308 and re-inserted [Bug 159]
309 * driver_madwifi: fixed TKIP and CCMP sequence number configuration on
310 big endian hosts [Bug 146]
313 * fixed EAP-GTC response to include correct user identity when run as
314 phase 2 method of EAP-FAST (i.e., EAP-FAST did not work in v0.5.2)
315 * driver_ndis: Fixed encryption mode configuration for unencrypted
316 networks (some NDIS drivers ignored this, but others, e.g., Broadcom,
317 refused to associate with open networks) [Bug 106]
318 * driver_ndis: use BSSID OID polling to detect when IBSS network is
319 formed even when ndis_events code is included since some NDIS drivers
320 do not generate media connect events in IBSS mode
321 * config_winreg: allow global ctrl_interface parameter to be configured
323 * config_winreg: added support for saving configuration data into
325 * added support for controlling network device operational state
326 (dormant/up) for Linux 2.6.17 to improve DHCP processing (see
327 http://www.flamewarmaster.de/software/dhcpclient/ for a DHCP client
328 that can use this information)
329 * driver_wext: added support for WE-21 change to SSID configuration
330 * driver_wext: fixed privacy configuration for static WEP keys mode
332 * added an optional driver_ops callback for MLME-SETPROTECTION.request
334 * added support for EAP-SAKE (no EAP method number allocated yet, so
335 this is using the same experimental type 255 as EAP-PSK)
336 * added support for dynamically loading EAP methods (.so files) instead
337 of requiring them to be statically linked in; this is disabled by
338 default (see CONFIG_DYNAMIC_EAP_METHODS in defconfig for information
342 * do not try to use USIM APDUs when initializing PC/SC for SIM card
343 access for a network that has not enabled EAP-AKA
344 * fixed EAP phase 2 Nak for EAP-{PEAP,TTLS,FAST} (this was broken in
345 v0.5.1 due to the new support for expanded EAP types)
346 * added support for generating EAP Expanded Nak
347 * try to fetch scan results once before requesting new scan when
348 starting up in ap_scan=1 mode (this can speed up initial association
349 a lot with, e.g., madwifi-ng driver)
350 * added support for receiving EAPOL frames from a Linux bridge
351 interface (-bbr0 on command line)
352 * fixed EAPOL re-authentication for sessions that used PMKSA caching
353 * changed EAP method registration to use a dynamic list of methods
354 instead of a static list generated at build time
355 * fixed PMKSA cache deinitialization not to use freed memory when
356 removing PMKSA entries
357 * fixed a memory leak in EAP-TTLS re-authentication
358 * reject WPA/WPA2 message 3/4 if it does not include any valid
360 * driver_wext: added fallback to use SIOCSIWENCODE for setting auth_alg
361 if the driver does not support SIOCSIWAUTH
364 * driver_test: added better support for multiple APs and STAs by using
365 a directory with sockets that include MAC address for each device in
366 the name (driver_param=test_dir=/tmp/test)
367 * added support for EAP expanded type (vendor specific EAP methods)
368 * added AP_SCAN command into ctrl_iface so that ap_scan configuration
369 option can be changed if needed
370 * wpa_cli/wpa_gui: skip non-socket files in control directory when
371 using UNIX domain sockets; this avoids selecting an incorrect
372 interface (e.g., a PID file could be in this directory, even though
373 use of this directory for something else than socket files is not
375 * fixed TLS library deinitialization after RSN pre-authentication not
376 to disable TLS library for normal authentication
377 * driver_wext: Remove null-termination from SSID length if the driver
378 used it; some Linux drivers do this and they were causing problems in
379 wpa_supplicant not finding matching configuration block. This change
380 would break a case where the SSID actually ends in '\0', but that is
381 not likely to happen in real use.
382 * fixed PMKSA cache processing not to trigger deauthentication if the
383 current PMKSA cache entry is replaced with a valid new entry
384 * fixed PC/SC initialization for ap_scan != 1 modes (this fixes
385 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA with real SIM/USIM card when using ap_scan=0 or
388 2005-12-18 - v0.5.0 (beginning of 0.5.x development releases)
389 * added experimental STAKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
390 direct link setup (DLS); note: this is disabled by default in both
391 build and runtime configuration (can be enabled with CONFIG_STAKEY=y
393 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA pseudonym and fast re-authentication to
394 decrypt AT_ENCR_DATA attributes correctly
395 * fixed EAP-AKA to allow resynchronization within the same session
396 * made code closer to ANSI C89 standard to make it easier to port to
397 other C libraries and compilers
398 * started moving operating system or C library specific functions into
399 wrapper functions defined in os.h and implemented in os_*.c to make
401 * wpa_supplicant can now be built with Microsoft Visual C++
402 (e.g., with the freely available Toolkit 2003 version or Visual
403 C++ 2005 Express Edition and Platform SDK); see nmake.mak for an
404 example makefile for nmake
405 * added support for using Windows registry for command line parameters
406 (CONFIG_MAIN=main_winsvc) and configuration data
407 (CONFIG_BACKEND=winreg); see win_example.reg for an example registry
408 contents; this version can be run both as a Windows service and as a
409 normal application; 'wpasvc.exe app' to start as applicant,
410 'wpasvc.exe reg <full path to wpasvc.exe>' to register a service,
411 'net start wpasvc' to start the service, 'wpasvc.exe unreg' to
413 * made it possible to link ndis_events.exe functionality into
414 wpa_supplicant.exe by defining CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED
415 * added better support for multiple control interface backends
416 (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE option); currently, 'unix' and 'udp' are supported
417 * fixed PC/SC code to use correct length for GSM AUTH command buffer
418 and to not use pioRecvPci with SCardTransmit() calls; these were not
419 causing visible problems with pcsc-lite, but Windows Winscard.dll
420 refused the previously used parameters; this fixes EAP-SIM and
421 EAP-AKA authentication using SIM/USIM card under Windows
422 * added new event loop implementation for Windows using
423 WaitForMultipleObject() instead of select() in order to allow waiting
424 for non-socket objects; this can be selected with
425 CONFIG_ELOOP=eloop_win in .config
426 * added support for selecting l2_packet implementation in .config
427 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET; following options are available now: linux, pcap,
428 winpcap, freebsd, none)
429 * added new l2_packet implementation for WinPcap
430 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=winpcap) that uses a separate receive thread to
431 reduce latency in EAPOL receive processing from about 100 ms to about
433 * added support for EAP-FAST key derivation using other ciphers than
434 RC4-128-SHA for authentication and AES128-SHA for provisioning
435 * added support for configuring CA certificate as DER file and as a
437 * fixed private key configuration as configuration blob and added
438 support for using PKCS#12 as a blob
439 * tls_gnutls: added support for using PKCS#12 files; added support for
441 * added support for loading trusted CA certificates from Windows
442 certificate store: ca_cert="cert_store://<name>", where <name> is
443 likely CA (Intermediate CA certificates) or ROOT (root certificates)
444 * added C version of ndis_events.cpp and made it possible to build this
445 with MinGW so that CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED can be used more
446 easily on cross-compilation builds
447 * added wpasvc.exe into Windows binary release; this is an alternative
448 version of wpa_supplicant.exe with configuration backend using
449 Windows registry and with the entry point designed to run as a
451 * integrated ndis_events.exe functionality into wpa_supplicant.exe and
452 wpasvc.exe and removed this additional tool from the Windows binary
453 release since it is not needed anymore
454 * load winscard.dll functions dynamically when building with MinGW
455 since MinGW does not yet include winscard library
457 2005-11-20 - v0.4.7 (beginning of 0.4.x stable releases)
458 * l2_packet_pcap: fixed wired IEEE 802.1X authentication with libpcap
459 and WinPcap to receive frames sent to PAE group address
460 * disable EAP state machine when IEEE 802.1X authentication is not used
461 in order to get rid of bogus "EAP failed" messages
462 * fixed OpenSSL error reporting to go through all pending errors to
463 avoid confusing reports of old errors being reported at later point
465 * fixed configuration file updating to not write empty variables
466 (e.g., proto or key_mgmt) that the file parser would not accept
467 * fixed ADD_NETWORK ctrl_iface command to use the same default values
468 for variables as empty network definitions read from config file
470 * fixed EAP state machine to not discard EAP-Failure messages in many
471 cases (e.g., during TLS handshake)
472 * fixed a infinite loop in private key reading if the configured file
473 cannot be parsed successfully
474 * driver_madwifi: added support for madwifi-ng
475 * wpa_gui: do not display password/PSK field contents
476 * wpa_gui: added CA certificate configuration
477 * driver_ndis: fixed scan request in ap_scan=2 mode not to change SSID
478 * driver_ndis: include Beacon IEs in AssocInfo in order to notice if
479 the new AP is using different WPA/RSN IE
480 * use longer timeout for IEEE 802.11 association to avoid problems with
481 drivers that may take more than five second to associate
484 * allow fallback to WPA, if mixed WPA+WPA2 networks have mismatch in
485 RSN IE, but WPA IE would match with wpa_supplicant configuration
486 * added support for named configuration blobs in order to avoid having
487 to use file system for external files (e.g., certificates);
488 variables can be set to "blob://<blob name>" instead of file path to
489 use a named blob; supported fields: pac_file, client_cert,
491 * fixed RSN pre-authentication (it was broken in the clean up of WPA
492 state machine interface in v0.4.5)
493 * driver_madwifi: set IEEE80211_KEY_GROUP flag for group keys to make
494 sure the driver configures broadcast decryption correctly
495 * added ca_path (and ca_path2) configuration variables that can be used
496 to configure OpenSSL CA path, e.g., /etc/ssl/certs, for using the
497 system-wide trusted CA list
498 * added support for starting wpa_supplicant without a configuration
499 file (-C argument must be used to set ctrl_interface parameter for
500 this case; in addition, -p argument can be used to provide
501 driver_param; these new arguments can also be used with a
502 configuration to override the values from the configuration)
503 * added global control interface that can be optionally used for adding
504 and removing network interfaces dynamically (-g command line argument
505 for both wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli) without having to restart
506 wpa_supplicant process
508 - try to save configuration whenever something is modified
509 - added WEP key configuration
510 - added possibility to edit the current network configuration
511 * driver_ndis: fixed driver polling not to increase frequency on each
512 received EAPOL frame due to incorrectly cancelled timeout
513 * added simple configuration file examples (in examples subdirectory)
514 * fixed driver_wext.c to filter wireless events based on ifindex to
515 avoid interfaces receiving events from other interfaces
516 * delay sending initial EAPOL-Start couple of seconds to speed up
517 authentication for the most common case of Authenticator starting
518 EAP authentication immediately after association
521 * added a workaround for clearing keys with ndiswrapper to allow
522 roaming from WPA enabled AP to plaintext one
523 * added docbook documentation (doc/docbook) that can be used to
524 generate, e.g., man pages
525 * l2_packet_linux: use socket type SOCK_DGRAM instead of SOCK_RAW for
526 PF_PACKET in order to prepare for network devices that do not use
527 Ethernet headers (e.g., network stack with native IEEE 802.11 frames)
528 * use receipt of EAPOL-Key frame as a lower layer success indication
529 for EAP state machine to allow recovery from dropped EAP-Success
531 * cleaned up internal EAPOL frame processing by not including link
532 layer (Ethernet) header during WPA and EAPOL/EAP processing; this
533 header is added only when transmitted the frame; this makes it easier
534 to use wpa_supplicant on link layers that use different header than
536 * updated EAP-PSK to use draft 9 by default since this can now be
537 tested with hostapd; removed support for draft 3, including
538 server_nai configuration option from network blocks
539 * driver_wired: add PAE address to the multicast address list in order
540 to be able to receive EAPOL frames with drivers that do not include
541 these multicast addresses by default
542 * driver_wext: add support for WE-19
543 * added support for multiple configuration backends (CONFIG_BACKEND
544 option); currently, only 'file' is supported (i.e., the format used
545 in wpa_supplicant.conf)
546 * added support for updating configuration ('wpa_cli save_config');
547 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with global
548 update_config=1 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf; this allows wpa_cli
549 and wpa_gui to store the configuration changes in a permanent store
550 * added GET_NETWORK ctrl_iface command
551 (e.g., 'wpa_cli get_network 0 ssid')
554 * replaced OpenSSL patch for EAP-FAST support
555 (openssl-tls-extensions.patch) with a more generic and correct
556 patch (the new patch is not compatible with the previous one, so the
557 OpenSSL library will need to be patched with the new patch in order
558 to be able to build wpa_supplicant with EAP-FAST support)
559 * added support for using Windows certificate store (through CryptoAPI)
560 for client certificate and private key operations (EAP-TLS)
561 (see wpa_supplicant.conf for more information on how to configure
562 this with private_key)
563 * ported wpa_gui to Windows
564 * added Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 directory); this can be
565 built with the open source version of the Qt4 for Windows
566 * allow non-WPA modes (e.g., IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP) to be used
567 with drivers that do not support WPA
568 * ndis_events: fixed Windows 2000 support
569 * added support for enabling/disabling networks from the list of all
570 configured networks ('wpa_cli enable_network <network id>' and
571 'wpa_cli disable_network <network id>')
572 * added support for adding and removing network from the current
573 configuration ('wpa_cli add_network' and 'wpa_cli remove_network
574 <network id>'); added networks are disabled by default and they can
575 be enabled with enable_network command once the configuration is done
576 for the new network; note: configuration file is not yet updated, so
577 these new networks are lost when wpa_supplicant is restarted
578 * added support for setting network configuration parameters through
579 the control interface, for example:
580 wpa_cli set_network 0 ssid "\"my network\""
581 * fixed parsing of strings that include both " and # within double
582 quoted area (e.g., "start"#end")
583 * added EAP workaround for PEAP session resumption: allow outer,
584 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
585 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
586 (this was allowed for PEAPv1 before, but now it is also allowed for
587 PEAPv0 since at least one RADIUS authentication server seems to be
588 doing this for PEAPv0, too)
589 * wpa_gui: added preliminary support for adding new networks to the
590 wpa_supplicant configuration (double click on the scan results to
591 open network configuration)
594 * removed interface for external EAPOL/EAP supplicant (e.g.,
595 Xsupplicant), (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE) since it is not required
596 anymore and is unlikely to be used by anyone
597 * driver_ndis: fixed WinPcap 3.0 support
598 * fixed build with CONFIG_DNET_PCAP=y on Linux
599 * l2_packet: moved different implementations into separate files
603 * driver_ipw: updated driver structures to match with ipw2200-1.0.4
604 (note: ipw2100-1.1.0 is likely to require an update to work with
606 * added support for using ap_scan=2 mode with multiple network blocks;
607 wpa_supplicant will go through the networks one by one until the
608 driver reports a successful association; this uses the same order for
609 networks as scan_ssid=1 scans, i.e., the priority field is ignored
610 and the network block order in the file is used instead
611 * fixed a potential issue in RSN pre-authentication ending up using
612 freed memory if pre-authentication times out
613 * added support for matching alternative subject name extensions of the
614 authentication server certificate; new configuration variables
615 altsubject_match and altsubject_match2
616 * driver_ndis: added support for IEEE 802.1X authentication with wired
618 * added support for querying private key password (EAP-TLS) through the
619 control interface (wpa_cli/wpa_gui) if one is not included in the
621 * driver_broadcom: fixed couple of memory leaks in scan result
623 * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
624 * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
625 * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
626 * added support for using password with EAP-PAX (as an alternative to
627 entering key with eappsk); SHA-1 hash of the password will be used as
629 * added support for arbitrary driver interface parameters through the
630 configuration file with a new driver_param field; this adds a new
631 driver_ops function set_param()
632 * added possibility to override l2_packet module with driver interface
633 API (new send_eapol handler); this can be used to implement driver
634 specific TX/RX functions for EAPOL frames
635 * fixed ctrl_interface_group processing for the case where gid is
636 entered as a number, not group name
637 * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
638 by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
642 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA/WPA2 mode configuration to allow EAPOL
643 packets to be encrypted; this was apparently broken by the changed
644 ioctl order in v0.4.0
645 * driver_madwifi: added preliminary support for compiling against 'BSD'
646 branch of madwifi CVS tree
647 * added support for EAP-MSCHAPv2 password retries within the same EAP
648 authentication session
649 * added support for password changes with EAP-MSCHAPv2 (used when the
650 password has expired)
651 * added support for reading additional certificates from PKCS#12 files
652 and adding them to the certificate chain
653 * fixed association with IEEE 802.1X (no WPA) when dynamic WEP keys
655 * fixed a possible double free in EAP-TTLS fast-reauthentication when
656 identity or password is entered through control interface
657 * display EAP Notification messages to user through control interface
658 with "CTRL-EVENT-EAP-NOTIFICATION" prefix
659 * added GUI version of wpa_cli, wpa_gui; this is not build
660 automatically with 'make'; use 'make wpa_gui' to build (this requires
661 Qt development tools)
662 * added 'disconnect' command to control interface for setting
663 wpa_supplicant in state where it will not associate before
664 'reassociate' command has been used
665 * added support for selecting a network from the list of all configured
666 networks ('wpa_cli select_network <network id>'; this disabled all
667 other networks; to re-enable, 'wpa_cli select_network any')
668 * added support for getting scan results through control interface
669 * added EAP workaround for PEAPv1 session resumption: allow outer,
670 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
671 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
673 2005-04-25 - v0.4.0 (beginning of 0.4.x development releases)
674 * added a new build time option, CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG, that can be
675 used to reduce the size of the wpa_supplicant considerably if
676 debugging code is not needed
677 * fixed EAPOL-Key validation to drop packets with invalid Key Data
678 Length; such frames could have crashed wpa_supplicant due to buffer
680 * added support for wired authentication (IEEE 802.1X on wired
681 Ethernet); driver interface 'wired'
682 * obsoleted set_wpa() handler in the driver interface API (it can be
683 replaced by moving enable/disable functionality into init()/deinit())
684 (calls to set_wpa() are still present for backwards compatibility,
685 but they may be removed in the future)
686 * driver_madwifi: fixed association in plaintext mode
687 * modified the EAP workaround that accepts EAP-Success with incorrect
688 Identifier to be even less strict about verification in order to
689 interoperate with some authentication servers
690 * added support for sending TLS alerts
691 * added support for 'any' SSID wildcard; if ssid is not configured or
692 is set to an empty string, any SSID will be accepted for non-WPA AP
693 * added support for asking PIN (for SIM) from frontends (e.g.,
694 wpa_cli); if a PIN is needed, but not included in the configuration
695 file, a control interface request is sent and EAP processing is
696 delayed until the PIN is available
697 * added support for using external devices (e.g., a smartcard) for
698 private key operations in EAP-TLS (CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y in .config);
699 new wpa_supplicant.conf variables:
700 - global: opensc_engine_path, pkcs11_engine_path, pkcs11_module_path
701 - network: engine, engine_id, key_id
702 * added experimental support for EAP-PAX
703 * added monitor mode for wpa_cli (-a<path to a program to run>) that
704 allows external commands (e.g., shell scripts) to be run based on
705 wpa_supplicant events, e.g., when authentication has been completed
706 and data connection is ready; other related wpa_cli arguments:
707 -B (run in background), -P (write PID file); wpa_supplicant has a new
708 command line argument (-W) that can be used to make it wait until a
709 control interface command is received in order to avoid missing
711 * added support for opportunistic WPA2 PMKSA key caching (disabled by
712 default, can be enabled with proactive_key_caching=1)
713 * fixed RSN IE in 4-Way Handshake message 2/4 for the case where
714 Authenticator rejects PMKSA caching attempt and the driver is not
715 using assoc_info events
716 * added -P<pid file> argument for wpa_supplicant to write the current
717 process id into a file
719 2005-02-12 - v0.3.7 (beginning of 0.3.x stable releases)
720 * added new phase1 option parameter, include_tls_length=1, to force
721 wpa_supplicant to add TLS Message Length field to all TLS messages
722 even if the packet is not fragmented; this may be needed with some
723 authentication servers
724 * fixed WPA/RSN IE verification in message 3 of 4-Way Handshake when
725 using drivers that take care of AP selection (e.g., when using
727 * fixed reprocessing of pending request after ctrl_iface requests for
728 identity/password/otp
729 * fixed ctrl_iface requests for identity/password/otp in Phase 2 of
730 EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS
731 * all drivers using driver_wext: set interface up and select Managed
732 mode when starting wpa_supplicant; set interface down when exiting
733 * renamed driver_ipw2100.c to driver_ipw.c since it now supports both
734 ipw2100 and ipw2200; please note that this also changed the
735 configuration variable in .config to CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW
738 * fixed a busy loop introduced in v0.3.5 for scan result processing
739 when no matching AP is found
742 * added a workaround for an interoperability issue with a Cisco AP
744 * fixed non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to use the same authentication timeout as
745 WPA with IEEE 802.1X (i.e., timeout 10 -> 70 sec to allow
746 retransmission of dropped frames)
747 * fixed issues with 64-bit CPUs and SHA1 cleanup in previous version
748 (e.g., segfault when processing EAPOL-Key frames)
749 * fixed EAP workaround and fast reauthentication configuration for
750 RSN pre-authentication; previously these were disabled and
751 pre-authentication would fail if the used authentication server
752 requires EAP workarounds
753 * added support for blacklisting APs that fail or timeout
754 authentication in ap_scan=1 mode so that all APs are tried in cases
755 where the ones with strongest signal level are failing authentication
756 * fixed CA certificate loading after a failed EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
757 authentication attempt
758 * allow EAP-PEAP/TTLS fast reauthentication only if Phase 2 succeeded
759 in the previous authentication (previously, only Phase 1 success was
763 * added preliminary support for IBSS (ad-hoc) mode configuration
764 (mode=1 in network block); this included a new key_mgmt mode
765 WPA-NONE, i.e., TKIP or CCMP with a fixed key (based on psk) and no
766 key management; see wpa_supplicant.conf for more details and an
767 example on how to configure this (note: this is currently implemented
768 only for driver_hostapd.c, but the changes should be trivial to add
769 in associate() handler for other drivers, too (assuming the driver
771 * added preliminary port for native Windows (i.e., no cygwin) using
775 * added optional support for GNU Readline and History Libraries for
776 wpa_cli (CONFIG_READLINE)
777 * cleaned up EAP state machine <-> method interface and number of
778 small problems with error case processing not terminating on
779 EAP-Failure but waiting for timeout
780 * added couple of workarounds for interoperability issues with a
781 Cisco AP when using WPA2
782 * added support for EAP-FAST (draft-cam-winget-eap-fast-00.txt);
783 Note: This requires a patch for openssl to add support for TLS
784 extensions and number of workarounds for operations without
785 certificates. Proof of concept type of experimental patch is
786 included in openssl-tls-extensions.patch.
789 * fixed private key loading for cases where passphrase is not set
790 * fixed Windows/cygwin L2 packet handler freeing; previous version
791 could cause a segfault when RSN pre-authentication was completed
792 * added support for PMKSA caching with drivers that generate RSN IEs
793 (e.g., NDIS); currently, this is only implemented in driver_ndis.c,
794 but similar code can be easily added to driver_ndiswrapper.c once
795 ndiswrapper gets full support for RSN PMKSA caching
796 * improved recovery from PMKID mismatches by requesting full EAP
797 authentication in case of failed PMKSA caching attempt
798 * driver_ndis: added support for NDIS NdisMIncidateStatus() events
799 (this requires that ndis_events is ran while wpa_supplicant is
801 * driver_ndis: use ADD_WEP/REMOVE_WEP when configuring WEP keys
802 * added support for driver interfaces to replace the interface name
803 based on driver/OS specific mapping, e.g., in case of driver_ndis,
804 this allows the beginning of the adapter description to be used as
806 * added support for CR+LF (Windows-style) line ends in configuration
808 * driver_ndis: enable radio before starting scanning, disable radio
810 * modified association event handler to set portEnabled = FALSE before
811 clearing port Valid in order to reset EAP state machine and avoid
812 problems with new authentication getting ignored because of state
813 machines ending up in AUTHENTICATED/SUCCESS state based on old
815 * added support for driver events to add PMKID candidates in order to
816 allow drivers to give priority to most likely roaming candidates
817 * driver_hostap: moved PrivacyInvoked configuration to associate()
818 function so that this will not be set for plaintext connections
819 * added KEY_MGMT_802_1X_NO_WPA as a new key_mgmt type so that driver
820 interface can distinguish plaintext and IEEE 802.1X (no WPA)
822 * fixed static WEP key configuration to use broadcast/default type for
823 all keys (previously, the default TX key was configured as pairwise/
825 * driver_ndis: added legacy WPA capability detection for non-WPA2
827 * added support for setting static WEP keys for IEEE 802.1X without
828 dynamic WEP keying (eapol_flags=0)
831 * added support for reading PKCS#12 (PFX) files (as a replacement for
832 PEM/DER) to get certificate and private key (CONFIG_PKCS12)
833 * fixed compilation with CONFIG_PCSC=y
834 * added new ap_scan mode, ap_scan=2, for drivers that take care of
835 association, but need to be configured with security policy and SSID,
836 e.g., ndiswrapper and NDIS driver; this mode should allow such
837 drivers to work with hidden SSIDs and optimized roaming; when
838 ap_scan=2 is used, only the first network block in the configuration
839 file is used and this configuration should have explicit security
840 policy (i.e., only one option in the lists) for key_mgmt, pairwise,
841 group, proto variables
842 * added experimental port of wpa_supplicant for Windows
843 - driver_ndis.c driver interface (NDIS OIDs)
844 - currently, this requires cygwin and WinPcap
845 - small utility, win_if_list, can be used to get interface name
846 * control interface can now be removed at build time; add
847 CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y to .config to maintain old functionality
848 * optional Xsupplicant interface can now be removed at build time;
849 (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE=y in .config to bring it back)
850 * added auth_alg to driver interface associate() parameters to make it
851 easier for drivers to configure authentication algorithm as part of
854 2004-12-05 - v0.3.0 (beginning of 0.3.x development releases)
855 * driver_broadcom: added new driver interface for Broadcom wl.o driver
856 (a generic driver for Broadcom IEEE 802.11a/g cards)
857 * wpa_cli: fixed parsing of -p <path> command line argument
858 * PEAPv1: fixed tunneled EAP-Success reply handling to reply with TLS
859 ACK, not tunneled EAP-Success (of which only the first byte was
860 actually send due to a bug in previous code); this seems to
861 interoperate with most RADIUS servers that implements PEAPv1
862 * PEAPv1: added support for terminating PEAP authentication on tunneled
863 EAP-Success message; this can be configured by adding
864 peap_outer_success=0 on phase1 parameters in wpa_supplicant.conf
865 (some RADIUS servers require this whereas others require a tunneled
867 * PEAPv1: changed phase1 option peaplabel to use default to 0, i.e., to
868 the old label for key derivation; previously, the default was 1,
869 but it looks like most existing PEAPv1 implementations use the old
870 label which is thus more suitable default option
871 * added support for EAP-PSK (draft-bersani-eap-psk-03.txt)
872 * fixed parsing of wep_tx_keyidx
873 * added support for configuring list of allowed Phase 2 EAP types
874 (for both EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS) instead of only one type
875 * added support for configuring IEEE 802.11 authentication algorithm
876 (auth_alg; mainly for using Shared Key authentication with static
878 * added support for EAP-AKA (with UMTS SIM)
879 * fixed couple of errors in PCSC handling that could have caused
880 random-looking errors for EAP-SIM
881 * added support for EAP-SIM pseudonyms and fast re-authentication
882 * added support for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS fast re-authentication (TLS
884 * added support for EAP-SIM with two challanges
885 (phase1="sim_min_num_chal=3" can be used to require three challenges)
886 * added support for configuring DH/DSA parameters for an ephemeral DH
887 key exchange (EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS) using new configuration parameters
888 dh_file and dh_file2 (phase 2); this adds support for using DSA keys
889 and optional DH key exchange to achieve forward secracy with RSA keys
890 * added support for matching subject of the authentication server
891 certificate with a substring when using EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS; new
892 configuration variables subject_match and subject_match2
893 * changed SSID configuration in driver_wext.c (used by many driver
894 interfaces) to use ssid_len+1 as the length for SSID since some Linux
896 * fixed couple of unaligned reads in scan result parsing to fix WPA
897 connection on some platforms (e.g., ARM)
898 * added driver interface for Intel ipw2100 driver
899 * added support for LEAP with WPA
900 * added support for larger scan results report (old limit was 4 kB of
901 data, i.e., about 35 or so APs) when using Linux wireless extensions
903 * fixed a bug in PMKSA cache processing: skip sending of EAPOL-Start
904 only if there is a PMKSA cache entry for the current AP
905 * fixed error handling for case where reading of scan results fails:
906 must schedule a new scan or wpa_supplicant will remain waiting
908 * changed debug output to remove shared password/key material by
909 default; all key information can be included with -K command line
910 argument to match the previous behavior
911 * added support for timestamping debug log messages (disabled by
912 default, can be enabled with -t command line argument)
913 * set pairwise/group cipher suite for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to WEP-104
914 if keys are not configured to be used; this fixes IEEE 802.1X mode
915 with drivers that use this information to configure whether Privacy
916 bit can be in Beacon frames (e.g., ndiswrapper)
917 * avoid clearing driver keys if no keys have been configured since last
918 key clear request; this seems to improve reliability of group key
919 handshake for ndiswrapper & NDIS driver which seems to be suffering
920 of some kind of timing issue when the keys are cleared again after
922 * changed driver interface API:
923 - WPA_SUPPLICANT_DRIVER_VERSION define can be used to determine which
924 version is being used (now, this is set to 2; previously, it was
926 - pass pointer to private data structure to all calls
927 - the new API is not backwards compatible; all in-tree driver
928 interfaces has been converted to the new API
929 * added support for controlling multiple interfaces (radios) per
930 wpa_supplicant process; each interface needs to be listed on the
931 command line (-c, -i, -D arguments) with -N as a separator
932 (-cwpa1.conf -iwlan0 -Dhostap -N -cwpa2.conf -iath0 -Dmadwifi)
933 * added a workaround for EAP servers that incorrectly use same Id for
934 sequential EAP packets
935 * changed libpcap/libdnet configuration to use .config variable,
936 CONFIG_DNET_PCAP, instead of requiring Makefile modification
937 * improved downgrade attack detection in IE verification of msg 3/4:
938 verify both WPA and RSN IEs, if present, not only the selected one;
939 reject the AP if an RSN IE is found in msg 3/4, but not in Beacon or
940 Probe Response frame, and RSN is enabled in wpa_supplicant
942 * fixed WPA msg 3/4 processing to allow Key Data field contain other
943 IEs than just one WPA IE
944 * added support for FreeBSD and driver interface for the BSD net80211
945 layer (CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=y in .config); please note that some of the
946 required kernel mods have not yet been committed
947 * made EAP workarounds configurable; enabled by default, can be
948 disabled with network block option eap_workaround=0
950 2004-07-17 - v0.2.4 (beginning of 0.2.x stable releases)
951 * resolved couple of interoperability issues with EAP-PEAPv1 and
952 Phase 2 (inner EAP) fragment reassembly
953 * driver_madwifi: fixed WEP key configuration for IEEE 802.1X when the
954 AP is using non-zero key index for the unicast key and key index zero
955 for the broadcast key
956 * driver_hostap: fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key updates and
957 re-authentication by allowing unencrypted EAPOL frames when not using
959 * added a new driver interface, 'wext', which uses only standard,
960 driver independent functionality in Linux wireless extensions;
961 currently, this can be used only for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode, but
962 eventually, this is to be extended to support full WPA/WPA2 once
963 Linux wireless extensions get support for this
964 * added support for mode in which the driver is responsible for AP
965 scanning and selection; this is disabled by default and can be
966 enabled with global ap_scan=0 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf;
967 this mode can be used, e.g., with generic 'wext' driver interface to
968 use wpa_supplicant as IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with any Linux driver
969 supporting wireless extensions.
970 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA2 configuration and scan_ssid=1 (e.g.,
971 operation with an AP that does not include SSID in the Beacon frames)
972 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
973 EAP-TTLS/EAP-OTP, EAP-PEAPv0/OTP, EAP-PEAPv1/OTP, EAP-OTP
974 * added support for asking one-time-passwords from frontends (e.g.,
975 wpa_cli); this 'otp' command works otherwise like 'password' command,
976 but the password is used only once and the frontend will be asked for
977 a new password whenever a request from authenticator requires a
978 password; this can be used with both EAP-OTP and EAP-GTC
979 * changed wpa_cli to automatically re-establish connection so that it
980 does not need to be re-started when wpa_supplicant is terminated and
982 * improved user data (identity/password/otp) requests through
983 frontends: process pending EAPOL packets after getting new
984 information so that full authentication does not need to be
985 restarted; in addition, send pending requests again whenever a new
987 * changed control frontends to use a new directory for socket files to
988 make it easier for wpa_cli to automatically select between interfaces
989 and to provide access control for the control interface;
990 wpa_supplicant.conf: ctrl_interface is now a path
991 (/var/run/wpa_supplicant is the recommended path) and
992 ctrl_interface_group can be used to select which group gets access to
993 the control interface;
994 wpa_cli: by default, try to connect to the first interface available
995 in /var/run/wpa_supplicant; this path can be overriden with -p option
996 and an interface can be selected with -i option (i.e., in most common
997 cases, wpa_cli does not need to get any arguments)
998 * added support for LEAP
999 * added driver interface for Linux ndiswrapper
1000 * added priority option for network blocks in the configuration file;
1001 this allows networks to be grouped based on priority (the scan
1002 results are searched for matches with network blocks in this order)
1005 * sort scan results to improve AP selection
1006 * fixed control interface socket removal for some error cases
1007 * improved scan requesting and authentication timeout
1008 * small improvements/bug fixes for EAP-MSCHAPv2, EAP-PEAP, and
1010 * PEAP version can now be forced with phase1="peapver=<ver>"
1011 (mostly for testing; by default, the highest version supported by
1012 both the Supplicant and Authentication Server is selected
1014 * added support for madwifi driver (Atheros ar521x)
1015 * added a workaround for cases where AP sets Install Tx/Rx bit for
1016 WPA Group Key messages when pairwise keys are used (without this,
1017 the Group Key would be used for Tx and the AP would drop frames
1019 * added GSM SIM/USIM interface for GSM authentication algorithm for
1020 EAP-SIM; this requires pcsc-lite
1021 * added support for ATMEL AT76C5XXx driver
1022 * fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key derivation in the case where Authenticator
1023 does not include key data in the EAPOL-Key frame (i.e., part of
1024 EAP keying material is used as data encryption key)
1025 * added support for using plaintext and static WEP networks
1029 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
1030 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MD5-Challenge
1032 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MSCHAPv2
1040 EAP-PEAP/MD5-Challenge
1042 EAP-SIM (not yet complete; needs GSM/SIM authentication interface)
1043 * added support for anonymous identity (to be used when identity is
1044 sent in plaintext; real identity will be used within TLS protected
1045 tunnel (e.g., with EAP-TTLS)
1046 * added event messages from wpa_supplicant to frontends, e.g., wpa_cli
1047 * added support for requesting identity and password information using
1048 control interface; in other words, the password for EAP-PEAP or
1049 EAP-TTLS does not need to be included in the configuration file since
1050 a frontand (e.g., wpa_cli) can ask it from the user
1051 * improved RSN pre-authentication to use a candidate list and process
1052 all candidates from each scan; not only one per scan
1053 * fixed RSN IE and WPA IE capabilities field parsing
1054 * ignore Tx bit in GTK IE when Pairwise keys are used
1055 * avoid making new scan requests during IEEE 802.1X negotiation
1056 * use openssl/libcrypto for MD5 and SHA-1 when compiling wpa_supplicant
1057 with TLS support (this replaces the included implementation with
1058 library code to save about 8 kB since the library code is needed
1060 * fixed WPA-PSK only mode when compiled without IEEE 802.1X support
1061 (i.e., without CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y in .config)
1064 * added support for internal IEEE 802.1X (actually, IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1)
1066 - EAPOL state machines for Supplicant [IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1]
1067 - EAP peer state machine [draft-ietf-eap-statemachine-02.pdf]
1068 - EAP-MD5 (cannot be used with WPA-RADIUS)
1069 [draft-ietf-eap-rfc2284bis-09.txt]
1070 - EAP-TLS [RFC 2716]
1071 - EAP-MSCHAPv2 (currently used only with EAP-PEAP)
1072 - EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2 [draft-josefsson-pppext-eap-tls-eap-07.txt]
1073 [draft-kamath-pppext-eap-mschapv2-00.txt]
1074 (PEAP version 0, 1, and parts of 2; only 0 and 1 are enabled by
1075 default; tested with FreeRADIUS, Microsoft IAS, and Funk Odyssey)
1076 - new configuration file options: eap, identity, password, ca_cert,
1077 client_cert, privatekey, private_key_passwd
1078 - Xsupplicant is not required anymore, but it can be used by
1079 disabling the internal IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with -e command line
1081 - this code is not included in the default build; Makefile need to
1082 be edited for this (uncomment lines for selected functionality)
1083 - EAP-TLS and EAP-PEAP require openssl libraries
1084 * use module prefix in debug messages (WPA, EAP, EAP-TLS, ..)
1085 * added support for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode with dynamic WEP keys
1086 (i.e., complete IEEE 802.1X/EAP authentication and use IEEE 802.1X
1087 EAPOL-Key frames instead of WPA key handshakes)
1088 * added support for IEEE 802.11i/RSN (WPA2)
1089 - improved PTK Key Handshake
1090 - PMKSA caching, pre-authentication
1091 * fixed wpa_supplicant to ignore possible extra data after WPA
1092 EAPOL-Key packets (this fixes 'Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using
1093 TPTK' error from message 3 of 4-Way Handshake in case the AP
1094 includes extra data after the EAPOL-Key)
1095 * added interface for external programs (frontends) to control
1097 - CLI example (wpa_cli) with interactive mode and command line
1099 - replaced SIGUSR1 status/statistics with the new control interface
1100 * made some feature compile time configurable
1101 - .config file for make
1102 - driver interfaces (hostap, hermes, ..)
1103 - EAPOL/EAP functions
1106 * Initial version of wpa_supplicant
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