1 ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant
4 * added support for SHA-256 as X.509 certificate digest when using the
5 internal X.509/TLSv1 implementation
6 * updated management frame protection to use IEEE 802.11w/D6.0
7 * added support for using SHA256-based stronger key derivation for WPA2
9 * fixed FT (IEEE 802.11r) authentication after a failed association to
13 * added support for EAP Sequences in EAP-FAST Phase 2
14 * added support for using TNC with EAP-FAST
15 * added driver_ps3 for the PS3 Linux wireless driver
16 * added support for optional cryptobinding with PEAPv0
17 * fixed the OpenSSL patches (0.9.8g and 0.9.9) for EAP-FAST to
18 allow fallback to full handshake if server rejects PAC-Opaque
19 * added fragmentation support for EAP-TNC
20 * added support for parsing PKCS #8 formatted private keys into the
21 internal TLS implementation (both PKCS #1 RSA key and PKCS #8
22 encapsulated RSA key can now be used)
23 * added option of using faster, but larger, routines in the internal
24 LibTomMath (for internal TLS implementation) to speed up DH and RSA
25 calculations (CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH_FAST=y)
26 * fixed race condition between disassociation event and group key
27 handshake to avoid getting stuck in incorrect state [Bug 261]
28 * fixed opportunistic key caching (proactive_key_caching)
31 * removed 'nai' and 'eappsk' network configuration variables that were
32 previously used for configuring user identity and key for EAP-PSK,
33 EAP-PAX, EAP-SAKE, and EAP-GPSK. 'identity' field is now used as the
34 replacement for 'nai' (if old configuration used a separate
35 'identity' value, that would now be configured as
36 'anonymous_identity'). 'password' field is now used as the
37 replacement for 'eappsk' (it can also be set using hexstring to
38 present random binary data)
39 * removed '-w' command line parameter (wait for interface to be added,
40 if needed); cleaner way of handling this functionality is to use an
41 external mechanism (e.g., hotplug scripts) that start wpa_supplicant
42 when an interface is added
43 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D9.0
44 * added ctrl_iface monitor event (CTRL-EVENT-SCAN-RESULTS) for
45 indicating when new scan results become available
46 * added new ctrl_iface command, BSS, to allow scan results to be
47 fetched without hitting the message size limits (this command
48 can be used to iterate through the scan results one BSS at the time)
49 * fixed EAP-SIM not to include AT_NONCE_MT and AT_SELECTED_VERSION
50 attributes in EAP-SIM Start/Response when using fast reauthentication
51 * fixed EAPOL not to end up in infinite loop when processing dynamic
52 WEP keys with IEEE 802.1X
53 * fixed problems in getting NDIS events from WMI on Windows 2000
56 * added support for Makefile builds to include debug-log-to-a-file
57 functionality (CONFIG_DEBUG_FILE=y and -f<path> on command line)
58 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA message parser to validate attribute
59 lengths properly to avoid potential crash caused by invalid messages
60 * added data structure for storing allocated buffers (struct wpabuf);
61 this does not affect wpa_supplicant usage, but many of the APIs
62 changed and various interfaces (e.g., EAP) is not compatible with old
64 * added support for protecting EAP-AKA/Identity messages with
65 AT_CHECKCODE (optional feature in RFC 4187)
66 * added support for protected result indication with AT_RESULT_IND for
67 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA (phase1="result_ind=1")
68 * added driver_wext workaround for race condition between scanning and
69 association with drivers that take very long time to scan all
70 channels (e.g., madwifi with dual-band cards); wpa_supplicant is now
71 using a longer hardcoded timeout for the scan if the driver supports
72 notifications for scan completion (SIOCGIWSCAN event); this helps,
73 e.g., in cases where wpa_supplicant and madwifi driver ended up in
74 loop where the driver did not even try to associate
75 * stop EAPOL timer tick when no timers are in use in order to reduce
76 power consumption (no need to wake up the process once per second)
78 * added support for privilege separation (run only minimal part of
79 wpa_supplicant functionality as root and rest as unprivileged,
80 non-root process); see 'Privilege separation' in README for details;
81 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with CONFIG_PRIVSEP=y
83 * changed scan results data structure to include all information
84 elements to make it easier to support new IEs; old get_scan_result()
85 driver_ops is still supported for backwards compatibility (results
86 are converted internally to the new format), but all drivers should
87 start using the new get_scan_results2() to make them more likely to
88 work with new features
89 * Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory) is now native Qt4
90 application, i.e., it does not require Qt3Support anymore; Windows
91 binary of wpa_gui.exe is now from this directory and only requires
92 QtCore4.dll and QtGui4.dll libraries
93 * updated Windows binary build to use Qt 4.3.3 and made Qt DLLs
94 available as a separate package to make wpa_gui installation easier:
95 http://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/qt4/wpa_gui-qt433-windows-dll.zip
96 * added support for EAP-IKEv2 (draft-tschofenig-eap-ikev2-15.txt);
97 only shared key/password authentication is supported in this version
100 * added support for configuring password as NtPasswordHash
101 (16-byte MD4 hash of password) in hash:<32 hex digits> format
102 * added support for fallback from abbreviated TLS handshake to
103 full handshake when using EAP-FAST (e.g., due to an expired
105 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
106 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-07.txt)
107 * added support for drivers that take care of RSN 4-way handshake
108 internally (WPA_DRIVER_FLAGS_4WAY_HANDSHAKE in get_capa flags and
109 WPA_ALG_PMK in set_key)
110 * added an experimental port for Mac OS X (CONFIG_DRIVER_OSX=y in
111 .config); this version supports only ap_scan=2 mode and allow the
112 driver to take care of the 4-way handshake
113 * fixed a buffer overflow in parsing TSF from scan results when using
114 driver_wext.c with a driver that includes the TSF (e.g., iwl4965)
116 * updated FT support to use the latest draft, IEEE 802.11r/D8.0
117 * fixed an integer overflow issue in the ASN.1 parser used by the
118 (experimental) internal TLS implementation to avoid a potential
120 * fixed a race condition with -W option (wait for a control interface
121 monitor before starting) that could have caused the first messages to
123 * added support for processing TNCC-TNCS-Messages to report
124 recommendation (allow/none/isolate) when using TNC [Bug 243]
127 * added network configuration parameter 'frequency' for setting
128 initial channel for IBSS (adhoc) networks
129 * added experimental IEEE 802.11r/D6.0 support
130 * updated EAP-SAKE to RFC 4763 and the IANA-allocated EAP type 48
131 * updated EAP-PSK to use the IANA-allocated EAP type 47
132 * fixed EAP-PAX key derivation
133 * fixed EAP-PSK bit ordering of the Flags field
134 * fixed EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST to use the correct EAP identifier in
135 tunnelled identity request (previously, the identifier from the outer
136 method was used, not the tunnelled identifier which could be
138 * added support for fragmentation of outer TLS packets during Phase 2
139 of EAP-PEAP/TTLS/FAST
140 * fixed EAP-TTLS AVP parser processing for too short AVP lengths
141 * added support for EAP-FAST authentication with inner methods that
142 generate MSK (e.g., EAP-MSCHAPv2 that was previously only supported
143 for PAC provisioning)
144 * added support for authenticated EAP-FAST provisioning
145 * added support for configuring maximum number of EAP-FAST PACs to
146 store in a PAC list (fast_max_pac_list_len=<max> in phase1 string)
147 * added support for storing EAP-FAST PACs in binary format
148 (fast_pac_format=binary in phase1 string)
149 * fixed dbus ctrl_iface to validate message interface before
150 dispatching to avoid a possible segfault [Bug 190]
151 * fixed PeerKey key derivation to use the correct PRF label
152 * updated Windows binary build to link against OpenSSL 0.9.8d and
153 added support for EAP-FAST
154 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
155 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-04.txt)
156 * fixed EAP-AKA Notification processing to allow Notification to be
157 processed after AKA Challenge response has been sent
158 * updated to use IEEE 802.11w/D2.0 for management frame protection
160 * fixed EAP-TTLS implementation not to crash on use of freed memory
161 if TLS library initialization fails
162 * added support for EAP-TNC (Trusted Network Connect)
163 (this version implements the EAP-TNC method and EAP-TTLS changes
164 needed to run two methods in sequence (IF-T) and the IF-IMC and
165 IF-TNCCS interfaces from TNCC)
168 * added experimental, integrated TLSv1 client implementation with the
169 needed X.509/ASN.1/RSA/bignum processing (this can be enabled by
170 setting CONFIG_TLS=internal and CONFIG_INTERNAL_LIBTOMMATH=y in
171 .config); this can be useful, e.g., if the target system does not
172 have a suitable TLS library and a minimal code size is required
173 (total size of this internal TLS/crypto code is bit under 50 kB on
174 x86 and the crypto code is shared by rest of the supplicant so some
175 of it was already required; TLSv1/X.509/ASN.1/RSA added about 25 kB)
176 * removed STAKey handshake since PeerKey handshake has replaced it in
177 IEEE 802.11ma and there are no known deployments of STAKey
178 * updated EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK) to use the latest
179 draft (draft-ietf-emu-eap-gpsk-01.txt)
180 * added preliminary implementation of IEEE 802.11w/D1.0 (management
182 (Note: this requires driver support to work properly.)
183 (Note2: IEEE 802.11w is an unapproved draft and subject to change.)
184 * fixed Windows named pipes ctrl_iface to not stop listening for
185 commands if client program opens a named pipe and closes it
186 immediately without sending a command
187 * fixed USIM PIN status determination for the case that PIN is not
188 needed (this allows EAP-AKA to be used with USIM cards that do not
190 * added support for reading 3G USIM AID from EF_DIR to allow EAP-AKA to
191 be used with cards that do not support file selection based on
193 * added support for matching the subjectAltName of the authentication
194 server certificate against multiple name components (e.g.,
195 altsubject_match="DNS:server.example.com;DNS:server2.example.com")
196 * fixed EAP-SIM/AKA key derivation for re-authentication case (only
197 affects IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP keys)
198 * changed ctrl_iface network configuration 'get' operations to not
199 return password/key material; if these fields are requested, "*"
200 will be returned if the password/key is set, but the value of the
201 parameter is not exposed
204 * added support for building Windows version with UNICODE defined
205 (wide-char functions)
206 * driver_ndis: fixed static WEP configuration to avoid race condition
207 issues with some NDIS drivers between association and setting WEP
209 * driver_ndis: added validation for IELength value in scan results to
210 avoid crashes when using buggy NDIS drivers [Bug 165]
211 * fixed Release|Win32 target in the Visual Studio project files
212 (previously, only Debug|Win32 target was set properly)
213 * changed control interface API call wpa_ctrl_pending() to allow it to
214 return -1 on error (e.g., connection lost); control interface clients
215 will need to make sure that they verify that the value is indeed >0
216 when determining whether there are pending messages
217 * added an alternative control interface backend for Windows targets:
218 Named Pipe (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=named_pipe); this is now the default
219 control interface mechanism for Windows builds (previously, UDP to
221 * changed ctrl_interface configuration for UNIX domain sockets:
222 - deprecated ctrl_interface_group variable (it may be removed in
224 - allow both directory and group be configured with ctrl_interface
225 in following format: DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
226 - ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant is still supported for the
227 case when group is not changed
228 * added support for controlling more than one interface per process in
230 * added a workaround for a case where the AP is using unknown address
231 (e.g., MAC address of the wired interface) as the source address for
232 EAPOL-Key frames; previously, that source address was used as the
233 destination for EAPOL-Key frames and in key derivation; now, BSSID is
234 used even if the source address does not match with it
235 (this resolves an interoperability issue with Thomson SpeedTouch 580)
236 * added a workaround for UDP-based control interface (which was used in
237 Windows builds before this release) to prevent packets with forged
238 addresses from being accepted as local control requests
239 * removed ndis_events.cpp and possibility of using external
240 ndis_events.exe; C version (ndis_events.c) is fully functional and
241 there is no desire to maintain two separate versions of this
243 * ndis_events: Changed NDIS event notification design to use WMI to
244 learn the adapter description through Win32_PnPEntity class; this
245 should fix some cases where the adapter name was not recognized
246 correctly (e.g., with some USB WLAN adapters, e.g., Ralink RT2500
248 * fixed selection of the first network in ap_scan=2 mode; previously,
249 wpa_supplicant could get stuck in SCANNING state when only the first
250 network for enabled (e.g., after 'wpa_cli select_network 0')
251 * winsvc: added support for configuring ctrl_interface parameters in
252 registry (ctrl_interface string value in
253 HKLM\SOFTWARE\wpa_supplicant\interfaces\0000 key); this new value is
254 required to enable control interface (previously, this was hardcoded
256 * allow wpa_gui subdirectory to be built with both Qt3 and Qt4
257 * converted wpa_gui-qt4 subdirectory to use Qt4 specific project format
260 * fixed build with CONFIG_STAKEY=y [Bug 143]
261 * added support for doing MLME (IEEE 802.11 management frame
262 processing) in wpa_supplicant when using Devicescape IEEE 802.11
263 stack (wireless-dev.git tree)
264 * added a new network block configuration option, fragment_size, to
265 configure the maximum EAP fragment size
266 * driver_ndis: Disable WZC automatically for the selected interface to
267 avoid conflicts with two programs trying to control the radio; WZC
268 will be re-enabled (if it was enabled originally) when wpa_supplicant
270 * added an experimental TLSv1 client implementation
271 (CONFIG_TLS=internal) that can be used instead of an external TLS
272 library, e.g., to reduce total size requirement on systems that do
273 not include any TLS library by default (this is not yet complete;
274 basic functionality is there, but certificate validation is not yet
276 * added PeerKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
277 direct link setup (DLS) to replace STAKey handshake
278 * fixed WPA PSK update through ctrl_iface for the case where the old
279 PSK was derived from an ASCII passphrase and the new PSK is set as
280 a raw PSK (hex string)
281 * added new configuration option for identifying which network block
282 was used (id_str in wpa_supplicant.conf; included on
283 WPA_EVENT_CONNECT monitor event and as WPA_ID_STR environmental
284 variable in wpa_cli action scripts; in addition WPA_ID variable is
285 set to the current unique identifier that wpa_supplicant assigned
286 automatically for the network and that can be used with
287 GET_NETWORK/SET_NETWORK ctrl_iface commands)
288 * wpa_cli action script is now called only when the connect/disconnect
289 status changes or when associating with a different network
290 * fixed configuration parser not to remove CCMP from group cipher list
291 if WPA-None (adhoc) is used (pairwise=NONE in that case)
292 * fixed integrated NDIS events processing not to hang the process due
293 to a missed change in eloop_win.c API in v0.5.3 [Bug 155]
294 * added support for EAP Generalized Pre-Shared Key (EAP-GPSK,
295 draft-clancy-emu-eap-shared-secret-00.txt)
296 * added Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 solution and project files for
297 build wpa_supplicant for Windows (see vs2005 subdirectory)
298 * eloop_win: fixed unregistration of Windows events
299 * l2_packet_winpcap: fixed a deadlock in deinitializing l2_packet
300 at the end of RSN pre-authentication and added unregistration of
301 a Windows event to avoid getting eloop_win stuck with an invalid
303 * driver_ndis: added support for selecting AP based on BSSID
304 * added new environmental variable for wpa_cli action scripts:
305 WPA_CTRL_DIR is the current control interface directory
306 * driver_ndis: added support for using NDISUIO instead of WinPcap for
307 OID set/query operations (CONFIG_USE_NDISUIO=y in .config); with new
308 l2_packet_ndis (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=ndis), this can be used to build
309 wpa_supplicant without requiring WinPcap; note that using NDISUIO
310 requires that WZC is disabled (net stop wzcsvc) since NDISUIO allows
311 only one application to open the device
312 * changed NDIS driver naming to only include device GUID, e.g.,
313 {7EE3EFE5-C165-472F-986D-F6FBEDFE8C8D}, instead of including WinPcap
314 specific \Device\NPF_ prefix before the GUID; the prefix is still
315 allowed for backwards compatibility, but it is not required anymore
316 when specifying the interface
317 * driver_ndis: re-initialize driver interface is the adapter is removed
318 and re-inserted [Bug 159]
319 * driver_madwifi: fixed TKIP and CCMP sequence number configuration on
320 big endian hosts [Bug 146]
323 * fixed EAP-GTC response to include correct user identity when run as
324 phase 2 method of EAP-FAST (i.e., EAP-FAST did not work in v0.5.2)
325 * driver_ndis: Fixed encryption mode configuration for unencrypted
326 networks (some NDIS drivers ignored this, but others, e.g., Broadcom,
327 refused to associate with open networks) [Bug 106]
328 * driver_ndis: use BSSID OID polling to detect when IBSS network is
329 formed even when ndis_events code is included since some NDIS drivers
330 do not generate media connect events in IBSS mode
331 * config_winreg: allow global ctrl_interface parameter to be configured
333 * config_winreg: added support for saving configuration data into
335 * added support for controlling network device operational state
336 (dormant/up) for Linux 2.6.17 to improve DHCP processing (see
337 http://www.flamewarmaster.de/software/dhcpclient/ for a DHCP client
338 that can use this information)
339 * driver_wext: added support for WE-21 change to SSID configuration
340 * driver_wext: fixed privacy configuration for static WEP keys mode
342 * added an optional driver_ops callback for MLME-SETPROTECTION.request
344 * added support for EAP-SAKE (no EAP method number allocated yet, so
345 this is using the same experimental type 255 as EAP-PSK)
346 * added support for dynamically loading EAP methods (.so files) instead
347 of requiring them to be statically linked in; this is disabled by
348 default (see CONFIG_DYNAMIC_EAP_METHODS in defconfig for information
352 * do not try to use USIM APDUs when initializing PC/SC for SIM card
353 access for a network that has not enabled EAP-AKA
354 * fixed EAP phase 2 Nak for EAP-{PEAP,TTLS,FAST} (this was broken in
355 v0.5.1 due to the new support for expanded EAP types)
356 * added support for generating EAP Expanded Nak
357 * try to fetch scan results once before requesting new scan when
358 starting up in ap_scan=1 mode (this can speed up initial association
359 a lot with, e.g., madwifi-ng driver)
360 * added support for receiving EAPOL frames from a Linux bridge
361 interface (-bbr0 on command line)
362 * fixed EAPOL re-authentication for sessions that used PMKSA caching
363 * changed EAP method registration to use a dynamic list of methods
364 instead of a static list generated at build time
365 * fixed PMKSA cache deinitialization not to use freed memory when
366 removing PMKSA entries
367 * fixed a memory leak in EAP-TTLS re-authentication
368 * reject WPA/WPA2 message 3/4 if it does not include any valid
370 * driver_wext: added fallback to use SIOCSIWENCODE for setting auth_alg
371 if the driver does not support SIOCSIWAUTH
374 * driver_test: added better support for multiple APs and STAs by using
375 a directory with sockets that include MAC address for each device in
376 the name (driver_param=test_dir=/tmp/test)
377 * added support for EAP expanded type (vendor specific EAP methods)
378 * added AP_SCAN command into ctrl_iface so that ap_scan configuration
379 option can be changed if needed
380 * wpa_cli/wpa_gui: skip non-socket files in control directory when
381 using UNIX domain sockets; this avoids selecting an incorrect
382 interface (e.g., a PID file could be in this directory, even though
383 use of this directory for something else than socket files is not
385 * fixed TLS library deinitialization after RSN pre-authentication not
386 to disable TLS library for normal authentication
387 * driver_wext: Remove null-termination from SSID length if the driver
388 used it; some Linux drivers do this and they were causing problems in
389 wpa_supplicant not finding matching configuration block. This change
390 would break a case where the SSID actually ends in '\0', but that is
391 not likely to happen in real use.
392 * fixed PMKSA cache processing not to trigger deauthentication if the
393 current PMKSA cache entry is replaced with a valid new entry
394 * fixed PC/SC initialization for ap_scan != 1 modes (this fixes
395 EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA with real SIM/USIM card when using ap_scan=0 or
398 2005-12-18 - v0.5.0 (beginning of 0.5.x development releases)
399 * added experimental STAKey handshake implementation for IEEE 802.11e
400 direct link setup (DLS); note: this is disabled by default in both
401 build and runtime configuration (can be enabled with CONFIG_STAKEY=y
403 * fixed EAP-SIM and EAP-AKA pseudonym and fast re-authentication to
404 decrypt AT_ENCR_DATA attributes correctly
405 * fixed EAP-AKA to allow resynchronization within the same session
406 * made code closer to ANSI C89 standard to make it easier to port to
407 other C libraries and compilers
408 * started moving operating system or C library specific functions into
409 wrapper functions defined in os.h and implemented in os_*.c to make
411 * wpa_supplicant can now be built with Microsoft Visual C++
412 (e.g., with the freely available Toolkit 2003 version or Visual
413 C++ 2005 Express Edition and Platform SDK); see nmake.mak for an
414 example makefile for nmake
415 * added support for using Windows registry for command line parameters
416 (CONFIG_MAIN=main_winsvc) and configuration data
417 (CONFIG_BACKEND=winreg); see win_example.reg for an example registry
418 contents; this version can be run both as a Windows service and as a
419 normal application; 'wpasvc.exe app' to start as applicant,
420 'wpasvc.exe reg <full path to wpasvc.exe>' to register a service,
421 'net start wpasvc' to start the service, 'wpasvc.exe unreg' to
423 * made it possible to link ndis_events.exe functionality into
424 wpa_supplicant.exe by defining CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED
425 * added better support for multiple control interface backends
426 (CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE option); currently, 'unix' and 'udp' are supported
427 * fixed PC/SC code to use correct length for GSM AUTH command buffer
428 and to not use pioRecvPci with SCardTransmit() calls; these were not
429 causing visible problems with pcsc-lite, but Windows Winscard.dll
430 refused the previously used parameters; this fixes EAP-SIM and
431 EAP-AKA authentication using SIM/USIM card under Windows
432 * added new event loop implementation for Windows using
433 WaitForMultipleObject() instead of select() in order to allow waiting
434 for non-socket objects; this can be selected with
435 CONFIG_ELOOP=eloop_win in .config
436 * added support for selecting l2_packet implementation in .config
437 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET; following options are available now: linux, pcap,
438 winpcap, freebsd, none)
439 * added new l2_packet implementation for WinPcap
440 (CONFIG_L2_PACKET=winpcap) that uses a separate receive thread to
441 reduce latency in EAPOL receive processing from about 100 ms to about
443 * added support for EAP-FAST key derivation using other ciphers than
444 RC4-128-SHA for authentication and AES128-SHA for provisioning
445 * added support for configuring CA certificate as DER file and as a
447 * fixed private key configuration as configuration blob and added
448 support for using PKCS#12 as a blob
449 * tls_gnutls: added support for using PKCS#12 files; added support for
451 * added support for loading trusted CA certificates from Windows
452 certificate store: ca_cert="cert_store://<name>", where <name> is
453 likely CA (Intermediate CA certificates) or ROOT (root certificates)
454 * added C version of ndis_events.cpp and made it possible to build this
455 with MinGW so that CONFIG_NDIS_EVENTS_INTEGRATED can be used more
456 easily on cross-compilation builds
457 * added wpasvc.exe into Windows binary release; this is an alternative
458 version of wpa_supplicant.exe with configuration backend using
459 Windows registry and with the entry point designed to run as a
461 * integrated ndis_events.exe functionality into wpa_supplicant.exe and
462 wpasvc.exe and removed this additional tool from the Windows binary
463 release since it is not needed anymore
464 * load winscard.dll functions dynamically when building with MinGW
465 since MinGW does not yet include winscard library
467 2005-11-20 - v0.4.7 (beginning of 0.4.x stable releases)
468 * l2_packet_pcap: fixed wired IEEE 802.1X authentication with libpcap
469 and WinPcap to receive frames sent to PAE group address
470 * disable EAP state machine when IEEE 802.1X authentication is not used
471 in order to get rid of bogus "EAP failed" messages
472 * fixed OpenSSL error reporting to go through all pending errors to
473 avoid confusing reports of old errors being reported at later point
475 * fixed configuration file updating to not write empty variables
476 (e.g., proto or key_mgmt) that the file parser would not accept
477 * fixed ADD_NETWORK ctrl_iface command to use the same default values
478 for variables as empty network definitions read from config file
480 * fixed EAP state machine to not discard EAP-Failure messages in many
481 cases (e.g., during TLS handshake)
482 * fixed a infinite loop in private key reading if the configured file
483 cannot be parsed successfully
484 * driver_madwifi: added support for madwifi-ng
485 * wpa_gui: do not display password/PSK field contents
486 * wpa_gui: added CA certificate configuration
487 * driver_ndis: fixed scan request in ap_scan=2 mode not to change SSID
488 * driver_ndis: include Beacon IEs in AssocInfo in order to notice if
489 the new AP is using different WPA/RSN IE
490 * use longer timeout for IEEE 802.11 association to avoid problems with
491 drivers that may take more than five second to associate
494 * allow fallback to WPA, if mixed WPA+WPA2 networks have mismatch in
495 RSN IE, but WPA IE would match with wpa_supplicant configuration
496 * added support for named configuration blobs in order to avoid having
497 to use file system for external files (e.g., certificates);
498 variables can be set to "blob://<blob name>" instead of file path to
499 use a named blob; supported fields: pac_file, client_cert,
501 * fixed RSN pre-authentication (it was broken in the clean up of WPA
502 state machine interface in v0.4.5)
503 * driver_madwifi: set IEEE80211_KEY_GROUP flag for group keys to make
504 sure the driver configures broadcast decryption correctly
505 * added ca_path (and ca_path2) configuration variables that can be used
506 to configure OpenSSL CA path, e.g., /etc/ssl/certs, for using the
507 system-wide trusted CA list
508 * added support for starting wpa_supplicant without a configuration
509 file (-C argument must be used to set ctrl_interface parameter for
510 this case; in addition, -p argument can be used to provide
511 driver_param; these new arguments can also be used with a
512 configuration to override the values from the configuration)
513 * added global control interface that can be optionally used for adding
514 and removing network interfaces dynamically (-g command line argument
515 for both wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli) without having to restart
516 wpa_supplicant process
518 - try to save configuration whenever something is modified
519 - added WEP key configuration
520 - added possibility to edit the current network configuration
521 * driver_ndis: fixed driver polling not to increase frequency on each
522 received EAPOL frame due to incorrectly cancelled timeout
523 * added simple configuration file examples (in examples subdirectory)
524 * fixed driver_wext.c to filter wireless events based on ifindex to
525 avoid interfaces receiving events from other interfaces
526 * delay sending initial EAPOL-Start couple of seconds to speed up
527 authentication for the most common case of Authenticator starting
528 EAP authentication immediately after association
531 * added a workaround for clearing keys with ndiswrapper to allow
532 roaming from WPA enabled AP to plaintext one
533 * added docbook documentation (doc/docbook) that can be used to
534 generate, e.g., man pages
535 * l2_packet_linux: use socket type SOCK_DGRAM instead of SOCK_RAW for
536 PF_PACKET in order to prepare for network devices that do not use
537 Ethernet headers (e.g., network stack with native IEEE 802.11 frames)
538 * use receipt of EAPOL-Key frame as a lower layer success indication
539 for EAP state machine to allow recovery from dropped EAP-Success
541 * cleaned up internal EAPOL frame processing by not including link
542 layer (Ethernet) header during WPA and EAPOL/EAP processing; this
543 header is added only when transmitted the frame; this makes it easier
544 to use wpa_supplicant on link layers that use different header than
546 * updated EAP-PSK to use draft 9 by default since this can now be
547 tested with hostapd; removed support for draft 3, including
548 server_nai configuration option from network blocks
549 * driver_wired: add PAE address to the multicast address list in order
550 to be able to receive EAPOL frames with drivers that do not include
551 these multicast addresses by default
552 * driver_wext: add support for WE-19
553 * added support for multiple configuration backends (CONFIG_BACKEND
554 option); currently, only 'file' is supported (i.e., the format used
555 in wpa_supplicant.conf)
556 * added support for updating configuration ('wpa_cli save_config');
557 this is disabled by default and can be enabled with global
558 update_config=1 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf; this allows wpa_cli
559 and wpa_gui to store the configuration changes in a permanent store
560 * added GET_NETWORK ctrl_iface command
561 (e.g., 'wpa_cli get_network 0 ssid')
564 * replaced OpenSSL patch for EAP-FAST support
565 (openssl-tls-extensions.patch) with a more generic and correct
566 patch (the new patch is not compatible with the previous one, so the
567 OpenSSL library will need to be patched with the new patch in order
568 to be able to build wpa_supplicant with EAP-FAST support)
569 * added support for using Windows certificate store (through CryptoAPI)
570 for client certificate and private key operations (EAP-TLS)
571 (see wpa_supplicant.conf for more information on how to configure
572 this with private_key)
573 * ported wpa_gui to Windows
574 * added Qt4 version of wpa_gui (wpa_gui-qt4 directory); this can be
575 built with the open source version of the Qt4 for Windows
576 * allow non-WPA modes (e.g., IEEE 802.1X with dynamic WEP) to be used
577 with drivers that do not support WPA
578 * ndis_events: fixed Windows 2000 support
579 * added support for enabling/disabling networks from the list of all
580 configured networks ('wpa_cli enable_network <network id>' and
581 'wpa_cli disable_network <network id>')
582 * added support for adding and removing network from the current
583 configuration ('wpa_cli add_network' and 'wpa_cli remove_network
584 <network id>'); added networks are disabled by default and they can
585 be enabled with enable_network command once the configuration is done
586 for the new network; note: configuration file is not yet updated, so
587 these new networks are lost when wpa_supplicant is restarted
588 * added support for setting network configuration parameters through
589 the control interface, for example:
590 wpa_cli set_network 0 ssid "\"my network\""
591 * fixed parsing of strings that include both " and # within double
592 quoted area (e.g., "start"#end")
593 * added EAP workaround for PEAP session resumption: allow outer,
594 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
595 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
596 (this was allowed for PEAPv1 before, but now it is also allowed for
597 PEAPv0 since at least one RADIUS authentication server seems to be
598 doing this for PEAPv0, too)
599 * wpa_gui: added preliminary support for adding new networks to the
600 wpa_supplicant configuration (double click on the scan results to
601 open network configuration)
604 * removed interface for external EAPOL/EAP supplicant (e.g.,
605 Xsupplicant), (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE) since it is not required
606 anymore and is unlikely to be used by anyone
607 * driver_ndis: fixed WinPcap 3.0 support
608 * fixed build with CONFIG_DNET_PCAP=y on Linux
609 * l2_packet: moved different implementations into separate files
613 * driver_ipw: updated driver structures to match with ipw2200-1.0.4
614 (note: ipw2100-1.1.0 is likely to require an update to work with
616 * added support for using ap_scan=2 mode with multiple network blocks;
617 wpa_supplicant will go through the networks one by one until the
618 driver reports a successful association; this uses the same order for
619 networks as scan_ssid=1 scans, i.e., the priority field is ignored
620 and the network block order in the file is used instead
621 * fixed a potential issue in RSN pre-authentication ending up using
622 freed memory if pre-authentication times out
623 * added support for matching alternative subject name extensions of the
624 authentication server certificate; new configuration variables
625 altsubject_match and altsubject_match2
626 * driver_ndis: added support for IEEE 802.1X authentication with wired
628 * added support for querying private key password (EAP-TLS) through the
629 control interface (wpa_cli/wpa_gui) if one is not included in the
631 * driver_broadcom: fixed couple of memory leaks in scan result
633 * EAP-PAX is now registered as EAP type 46
634 * fixed EAP-PAX MAC calculation
635 * fixed EAP-PAX CK and ICK key derivation
636 * added support for using password with EAP-PAX (as an alternative to
637 entering key with eappsk); SHA-1 hash of the password will be used as
639 * added support for arbitrary driver interface parameters through the
640 configuration file with a new driver_param field; this adds a new
641 driver_ops function set_param()
642 * added possibility to override l2_packet module with driver interface
643 API (new send_eapol handler); this can be used to implement driver
644 specific TX/RX functions for EAPOL frames
645 * fixed ctrl_interface_group processing for the case where gid is
646 entered as a number, not group name
647 * driver_test: added support for testing hostapd with wpa_supplicant
648 by using test driver interface without any kernel drivers or network
652 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA/WPA2 mode configuration to allow EAPOL
653 packets to be encrypted; this was apparently broken by the changed
654 ioctl order in v0.4.0
655 * driver_madwifi: added preliminary support for compiling against 'BSD'
656 branch of madwifi CVS tree
657 * added support for EAP-MSCHAPv2 password retries within the same EAP
658 authentication session
659 * added support for password changes with EAP-MSCHAPv2 (used when the
660 password has expired)
661 * added support for reading additional certificates from PKCS#12 files
662 and adding them to the certificate chain
663 * fixed association with IEEE 802.1X (no WPA) when dynamic WEP keys
665 * fixed a possible double free in EAP-TTLS fast-reauthentication when
666 identity or password is entered through control interface
667 * display EAP Notification messages to user through control interface
668 with "CTRL-EVENT-EAP-NOTIFICATION" prefix
669 * added GUI version of wpa_cli, wpa_gui; this is not build
670 automatically with 'make'; use 'make wpa_gui' to build (this requires
671 Qt development tools)
672 * added 'disconnect' command to control interface for setting
673 wpa_supplicant in state where it will not associate before
674 'reassociate' command has been used
675 * added support for selecting a network from the list of all configured
676 networks ('wpa_cli select_network <network id>'; this disabled all
677 other networks; to re-enable, 'wpa_cli select_network any')
678 * added support for getting scan results through control interface
679 * added EAP workaround for PEAPv1 session resumption: allow outer,
680 i.e., not tunneled, EAP-Success to terminate session since; this can
681 be disabled with eap_workaround=0
683 2005-04-25 - v0.4.0 (beginning of 0.4.x development releases)
684 * added a new build time option, CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG, that can be
685 used to reduce the size of the wpa_supplicant considerably if
686 debugging code is not needed
687 * fixed EAPOL-Key validation to drop packets with invalid Key Data
688 Length; such frames could have crashed wpa_supplicant due to buffer
690 * added support for wired authentication (IEEE 802.1X on wired
691 Ethernet); driver interface 'wired'
692 * obsoleted set_wpa() handler in the driver interface API (it can be
693 replaced by moving enable/disable functionality into init()/deinit())
694 (calls to set_wpa() are still present for backwards compatibility,
695 but they may be removed in the future)
696 * driver_madwifi: fixed association in plaintext mode
697 * modified the EAP workaround that accepts EAP-Success with incorrect
698 Identifier to be even less strict about verification in order to
699 interoperate with some authentication servers
700 * added support for sending TLS alerts
701 * added support for 'any' SSID wildcard; if ssid is not configured or
702 is set to an empty string, any SSID will be accepted for non-WPA AP
703 * added support for asking PIN (for SIM) from frontends (e.g.,
704 wpa_cli); if a PIN is needed, but not included in the configuration
705 file, a control interface request is sent and EAP processing is
706 delayed until the PIN is available
707 * added support for using external devices (e.g., a smartcard) for
708 private key operations in EAP-TLS (CONFIG_SMARTCARD=y in .config);
709 new wpa_supplicant.conf variables:
710 - global: opensc_engine_path, pkcs11_engine_path, pkcs11_module_path
711 - network: engine, engine_id, key_id
712 * added experimental support for EAP-PAX
713 * added monitor mode for wpa_cli (-a<path to a program to run>) that
714 allows external commands (e.g., shell scripts) to be run based on
715 wpa_supplicant events, e.g., when authentication has been completed
716 and data connection is ready; other related wpa_cli arguments:
717 -B (run in background), -P (write PID file); wpa_supplicant has a new
718 command line argument (-W) that can be used to make it wait until a
719 control interface command is received in order to avoid missing
721 * added support for opportunistic WPA2 PMKSA key caching (disabled by
722 default, can be enabled with proactive_key_caching=1)
723 * fixed RSN IE in 4-Way Handshake message 2/4 for the case where
724 Authenticator rejects PMKSA caching attempt and the driver is not
725 using assoc_info events
726 * added -P<pid file> argument for wpa_supplicant to write the current
727 process id into a file
729 2005-02-12 - v0.3.7 (beginning of 0.3.x stable releases)
730 * added new phase1 option parameter, include_tls_length=1, to force
731 wpa_supplicant to add TLS Message Length field to all TLS messages
732 even if the packet is not fragmented; this may be needed with some
733 authentication servers
734 * fixed WPA/RSN IE verification in message 3 of 4-Way Handshake when
735 using drivers that take care of AP selection (e.g., when using
737 * fixed reprocessing of pending request after ctrl_iface requests for
738 identity/password/otp
739 * fixed ctrl_iface requests for identity/password/otp in Phase 2 of
740 EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS
741 * all drivers using driver_wext: set interface up and select Managed
742 mode when starting wpa_supplicant; set interface down when exiting
743 * renamed driver_ipw2100.c to driver_ipw.c since it now supports both
744 ipw2100 and ipw2200; please note that this also changed the
745 configuration variable in .config to CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW
748 * fixed a busy loop introduced in v0.3.5 for scan result processing
749 when no matching AP is found
752 * added a workaround for an interoperability issue with a Cisco AP
754 * fixed non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to use the same authentication timeout as
755 WPA with IEEE 802.1X (i.e., timeout 10 -> 70 sec to allow
756 retransmission of dropped frames)
757 * fixed issues with 64-bit CPUs and SHA1 cleanup in previous version
758 (e.g., segfault when processing EAPOL-Key frames)
759 * fixed EAP workaround and fast reauthentication configuration for
760 RSN pre-authentication; previously these were disabled and
761 pre-authentication would fail if the used authentication server
762 requires EAP workarounds
763 * added support for blacklisting APs that fail or timeout
764 authentication in ap_scan=1 mode so that all APs are tried in cases
765 where the ones with strongest signal level are failing authentication
766 * fixed CA certificate loading after a failed EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS
767 authentication attempt
768 * allow EAP-PEAP/TTLS fast reauthentication only if Phase 2 succeeded
769 in the previous authentication (previously, only Phase 1 success was
773 * added preliminary support for IBSS (ad-hoc) mode configuration
774 (mode=1 in network block); this included a new key_mgmt mode
775 WPA-NONE, i.e., TKIP or CCMP with a fixed key (based on psk) and no
776 key management; see wpa_supplicant.conf for more details and an
777 example on how to configure this (note: this is currently implemented
778 only for driver_hostapd.c, but the changes should be trivial to add
779 in associate() handler for other drivers, too (assuming the driver
781 * added preliminary port for native Windows (i.e., no cygwin) using
785 * added optional support for GNU Readline and History Libraries for
786 wpa_cli (CONFIG_READLINE)
787 * cleaned up EAP state machine <-> method interface and number of
788 small problems with error case processing not terminating on
789 EAP-Failure but waiting for timeout
790 * added couple of workarounds for interoperability issues with a
791 Cisco AP when using WPA2
792 * added support for EAP-FAST (draft-cam-winget-eap-fast-00.txt);
793 Note: This requires a patch for openssl to add support for TLS
794 extensions and number of workarounds for operations without
795 certificates. Proof of concept type of experimental patch is
796 included in openssl-tls-extensions.patch.
799 * fixed private key loading for cases where passphrase is not set
800 * fixed Windows/cygwin L2 packet handler freeing; previous version
801 could cause a segfault when RSN pre-authentication was completed
802 * added support for PMKSA caching with drivers that generate RSN IEs
803 (e.g., NDIS); currently, this is only implemented in driver_ndis.c,
804 but similar code can be easily added to driver_ndiswrapper.c once
805 ndiswrapper gets full support for RSN PMKSA caching
806 * improved recovery from PMKID mismatches by requesting full EAP
807 authentication in case of failed PMKSA caching attempt
808 * driver_ndis: added support for NDIS NdisMIncidateStatus() events
809 (this requires that ndis_events is ran while wpa_supplicant is
811 * driver_ndis: use ADD_WEP/REMOVE_WEP when configuring WEP keys
812 * added support for driver interfaces to replace the interface name
813 based on driver/OS specific mapping, e.g., in case of driver_ndis,
814 this allows the beginning of the adapter description to be used as
816 * added support for CR+LF (Windows-style) line ends in configuration
818 * driver_ndis: enable radio before starting scanning, disable radio
820 * modified association event handler to set portEnabled = FALSE before
821 clearing port Valid in order to reset EAP state machine and avoid
822 problems with new authentication getting ignored because of state
823 machines ending up in AUTHENTICATED/SUCCESS state based on old
825 * added support for driver events to add PMKID candidates in order to
826 allow drivers to give priority to most likely roaming candidates
827 * driver_hostap: moved PrivacyInvoked configuration to associate()
828 function so that this will not be set for plaintext connections
829 * added KEY_MGMT_802_1X_NO_WPA as a new key_mgmt type so that driver
830 interface can distinguish plaintext and IEEE 802.1X (no WPA)
832 * fixed static WEP key configuration to use broadcast/default type for
833 all keys (previously, the default TX key was configured as pairwise/
835 * driver_ndis: added legacy WPA capability detection for non-WPA2
837 * added support for setting static WEP keys for IEEE 802.1X without
838 dynamic WEP keying (eapol_flags=0)
841 * added support for reading PKCS#12 (PFX) files (as a replacement for
842 PEM/DER) to get certificate and private key (CONFIG_PKCS12)
843 * fixed compilation with CONFIG_PCSC=y
844 * added new ap_scan mode, ap_scan=2, for drivers that take care of
845 association, but need to be configured with security policy and SSID,
846 e.g., ndiswrapper and NDIS driver; this mode should allow such
847 drivers to work with hidden SSIDs and optimized roaming; when
848 ap_scan=2 is used, only the first network block in the configuration
849 file is used and this configuration should have explicit security
850 policy (i.e., only one option in the lists) for key_mgmt, pairwise,
851 group, proto variables
852 * added experimental port of wpa_supplicant for Windows
853 - driver_ndis.c driver interface (NDIS OIDs)
854 - currently, this requires cygwin and WinPcap
855 - small utility, win_if_list, can be used to get interface name
856 * control interface can now be removed at build time; add
857 CONFIG_CTRL_IFACE=y to .config to maintain old functionality
858 * optional Xsupplicant interface can now be removed at build time;
859 (CONFIG_XSUPPLICANT_IFACE=y in .config to bring it back)
860 * added auth_alg to driver interface associate() parameters to make it
861 easier for drivers to configure authentication algorithm as part of
864 2004-12-05 - v0.3.0 (beginning of 0.3.x development releases)
865 * driver_broadcom: added new driver interface for Broadcom wl.o driver
866 (a generic driver for Broadcom IEEE 802.11a/g cards)
867 * wpa_cli: fixed parsing of -p <path> command line argument
868 * PEAPv1: fixed tunneled EAP-Success reply handling to reply with TLS
869 ACK, not tunneled EAP-Success (of which only the first byte was
870 actually send due to a bug in previous code); this seems to
871 interoperate with most RADIUS servers that implements PEAPv1
872 * PEAPv1: added support for terminating PEAP authentication on tunneled
873 EAP-Success message; this can be configured by adding
874 peap_outer_success=0 on phase1 parameters in wpa_supplicant.conf
875 (some RADIUS servers require this whereas others require a tunneled
877 * PEAPv1: changed phase1 option peaplabel to use default to 0, i.e., to
878 the old label for key derivation; previously, the default was 1,
879 but it looks like most existing PEAPv1 implementations use the old
880 label which is thus more suitable default option
881 * added support for EAP-PSK (draft-bersani-eap-psk-03.txt)
882 * fixed parsing of wep_tx_keyidx
883 * added support for configuring list of allowed Phase 2 EAP types
884 (for both EAP-PEAP and EAP-TTLS) instead of only one type
885 * added support for configuring IEEE 802.11 authentication algorithm
886 (auth_alg; mainly for using Shared Key authentication with static
888 * added support for EAP-AKA (with UMTS SIM)
889 * fixed couple of errors in PCSC handling that could have caused
890 random-looking errors for EAP-SIM
891 * added support for EAP-SIM pseudonyms and fast re-authentication
892 * added support for EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS fast re-authentication (TLS
894 * added support for EAP-SIM with two challanges
895 (phase1="sim_min_num_chal=3" can be used to require three challenges)
896 * added support for configuring DH/DSA parameters for an ephemeral DH
897 key exchange (EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS) using new configuration parameters
898 dh_file and dh_file2 (phase 2); this adds support for using DSA keys
899 and optional DH key exchange to achieve forward secracy with RSA keys
900 * added support for matching subject of the authentication server
901 certificate with a substring when using EAP-TLS/PEAP/TTLS; new
902 configuration variables subject_match and subject_match2
903 * changed SSID configuration in driver_wext.c (used by many driver
904 interfaces) to use ssid_len+1 as the length for SSID since some Linux
906 * fixed couple of unaligned reads in scan result parsing to fix WPA
907 connection on some platforms (e.g., ARM)
908 * added driver interface for Intel ipw2100 driver
909 * added support for LEAP with WPA
910 * added support for larger scan results report (old limit was 4 kB of
911 data, i.e., about 35 or so APs) when using Linux wireless extensions
913 * fixed a bug in PMKSA cache processing: skip sending of EAPOL-Start
914 only if there is a PMKSA cache entry for the current AP
915 * fixed error handling for case where reading of scan results fails:
916 must schedule a new scan or wpa_supplicant will remain waiting
918 * changed debug output to remove shared password/key material by
919 default; all key information can be included with -K command line
920 argument to match the previous behavior
921 * added support for timestamping debug log messages (disabled by
922 default, can be enabled with -t command line argument)
923 * set pairwise/group cipher suite for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X to WEP-104
924 if keys are not configured to be used; this fixes IEEE 802.1X mode
925 with drivers that use this information to configure whether Privacy
926 bit can be in Beacon frames (e.g., ndiswrapper)
927 * avoid clearing driver keys if no keys have been configured since last
928 key clear request; this seems to improve reliability of group key
929 handshake for ndiswrapper & NDIS driver which seems to be suffering
930 of some kind of timing issue when the keys are cleared again after
932 * changed driver interface API:
933 - WPA_SUPPLICANT_DRIVER_VERSION define can be used to determine which
934 version is being used (now, this is set to 2; previously, it was
936 - pass pointer to private data structure to all calls
937 - the new API is not backwards compatible; all in-tree driver
938 interfaces has been converted to the new API
939 * added support for controlling multiple interfaces (radios) per
940 wpa_supplicant process; each interface needs to be listed on the
941 command line (-c, -i, -D arguments) with -N as a separator
942 (-cwpa1.conf -iwlan0 -Dhostap -N -cwpa2.conf -iath0 -Dmadwifi)
943 * added a workaround for EAP servers that incorrectly use same Id for
944 sequential EAP packets
945 * changed libpcap/libdnet configuration to use .config variable,
946 CONFIG_DNET_PCAP, instead of requiring Makefile modification
947 * improved downgrade attack detection in IE verification of msg 3/4:
948 verify both WPA and RSN IEs, if present, not only the selected one;
949 reject the AP if an RSN IE is found in msg 3/4, but not in Beacon or
950 Probe Response frame, and RSN is enabled in wpa_supplicant
952 * fixed WPA msg 3/4 processing to allow Key Data field contain other
953 IEs than just one WPA IE
954 * added support for FreeBSD and driver interface for the BSD net80211
955 layer (CONFIG_DRIVER_BSD=y in .config); please note that some of the
956 required kernel mods have not yet been committed
957 * made EAP workarounds configurable; enabled by default, can be
958 disabled with network block option eap_workaround=0
960 2004-07-17 - v0.2.4 (beginning of 0.2.x stable releases)
961 * resolved couple of interoperability issues with EAP-PEAPv1 and
962 Phase 2 (inner EAP) fragment reassembly
963 * driver_madwifi: fixed WEP key configuration for IEEE 802.1X when the
964 AP is using non-zero key index for the unicast key and key index zero
965 for the broadcast key
966 * driver_hostap: fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key updates and
967 re-authentication by allowing unencrypted EAPOL frames when not using
969 * added a new driver interface, 'wext', which uses only standard,
970 driver independent functionality in Linux wireless extensions;
971 currently, this can be used only for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode, but
972 eventually, this is to be extended to support full WPA/WPA2 once
973 Linux wireless extensions get support for this
974 * added support for mode in which the driver is responsible for AP
975 scanning and selection; this is disabled by default and can be
976 enabled with global ap_scan=0 variable in wpa_supplicant.conf;
977 this mode can be used, e.g., with generic 'wext' driver interface to
978 use wpa_supplicant as IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with any Linux driver
979 supporting wireless extensions.
980 * driver_madwifi: fixed WPA2 configuration and scan_ssid=1 (e.g.,
981 operation with an AP that does not include SSID in the Beacon frames)
982 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
983 EAP-TTLS/EAP-OTP, EAP-PEAPv0/OTP, EAP-PEAPv1/OTP, EAP-OTP
984 * added support for asking one-time-passwords from frontends (e.g.,
985 wpa_cli); this 'otp' command works otherwise like 'password' command,
986 but the password is used only once and the frontend will be asked for
987 a new password whenever a request from authenticator requires a
988 password; this can be used with both EAP-OTP and EAP-GTC
989 * changed wpa_cli to automatically re-establish connection so that it
990 does not need to be re-started when wpa_supplicant is terminated and
992 * improved user data (identity/password/otp) requests through
993 frontends: process pending EAPOL packets after getting new
994 information so that full authentication does not need to be
995 restarted; in addition, send pending requests again whenever a new
997 * changed control frontends to use a new directory for socket files to
998 make it easier for wpa_cli to automatically select between interfaces
999 and to provide access control for the control interface;
1000 wpa_supplicant.conf: ctrl_interface is now a path
1001 (/var/run/wpa_supplicant is the recommended path) and
1002 ctrl_interface_group can be used to select which group gets access to
1003 the control interface;
1004 wpa_cli: by default, try to connect to the first interface available
1005 in /var/run/wpa_supplicant; this path can be overriden with -p option
1006 and an interface can be selected with -i option (i.e., in most common
1007 cases, wpa_cli does not need to get any arguments)
1008 * added support for LEAP
1009 * added driver interface for Linux ndiswrapper
1010 * added priority option for network blocks in the configuration file;
1011 this allows networks to be grouped based on priority (the scan
1012 results are searched for matches with network blocks in this order)
1015 * sort scan results to improve AP selection
1016 * fixed control interface socket removal for some error cases
1017 * improved scan requesting and authentication timeout
1018 * small improvements/bug fixes for EAP-MSCHAPv2, EAP-PEAP, and
1020 * PEAP version can now be forced with phase1="peapver=<ver>"
1021 (mostly for testing; by default, the highest version supported by
1022 both the Supplicant and Authentication Server is selected
1024 * added support for madwifi driver (Atheros ar521x)
1025 * added a workaround for cases where AP sets Install Tx/Rx bit for
1026 WPA Group Key messages when pairwise keys are used (without this,
1027 the Group Key would be used for Tx and the AP would drop frames
1029 * added GSM SIM/USIM interface for GSM authentication algorithm for
1030 EAP-SIM; this requires pcsc-lite
1031 * added support for ATMEL AT76C5XXx driver
1032 * fixed IEEE 802.1X WEP key derivation in the case where Authenticator
1033 does not include key data in the EAPOL-Key frame (i.e., part of
1034 EAP keying material is used as data encryption key)
1035 * added support for using plaintext and static WEP networks
1039 * added support for new EAP authentication methods:
1040 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MD5-Challenge
1042 EAP-TTLS/EAP-MSCHAPv2
1050 EAP-PEAP/MD5-Challenge
1052 EAP-SIM (not yet complete; needs GSM/SIM authentication interface)
1053 * added support for anonymous identity (to be used when identity is
1054 sent in plaintext; real identity will be used within TLS protected
1055 tunnel (e.g., with EAP-TTLS)
1056 * added event messages from wpa_supplicant to frontends, e.g., wpa_cli
1057 * added support for requesting identity and password information using
1058 control interface; in other words, the password for EAP-PEAP or
1059 EAP-TTLS does not need to be included in the configuration file since
1060 a frontand (e.g., wpa_cli) can ask it from the user
1061 * improved RSN pre-authentication to use a candidate list and process
1062 all candidates from each scan; not only one per scan
1063 * fixed RSN IE and WPA IE capabilities field parsing
1064 * ignore Tx bit in GTK IE when Pairwise keys are used
1065 * avoid making new scan requests during IEEE 802.1X negotiation
1066 * use openssl/libcrypto for MD5 and SHA-1 when compiling wpa_supplicant
1067 with TLS support (this replaces the included implementation with
1068 library code to save about 8 kB since the library code is needed
1070 * fixed WPA-PSK only mode when compiled without IEEE 802.1X support
1071 (i.e., without CONFIG_IEEE8021X_EAPOL=y in .config)
1074 * added support for internal IEEE 802.1X (actually, IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1)
1076 - EAPOL state machines for Supplicant [IEEE 802.1aa/D6.1]
1077 - EAP peer state machine [draft-ietf-eap-statemachine-02.pdf]
1078 - EAP-MD5 (cannot be used with WPA-RADIUS)
1079 [draft-ietf-eap-rfc2284bis-09.txt]
1080 - EAP-TLS [RFC 2716]
1081 - EAP-MSCHAPv2 (currently used only with EAP-PEAP)
1082 - EAP-PEAP/MSCHAPv2 [draft-josefsson-pppext-eap-tls-eap-07.txt]
1083 [draft-kamath-pppext-eap-mschapv2-00.txt]
1084 (PEAP version 0, 1, and parts of 2; only 0 and 1 are enabled by
1085 default; tested with FreeRADIUS, Microsoft IAS, and Funk Odyssey)
1086 - new configuration file options: eap, identity, password, ca_cert,
1087 client_cert, privatekey, private_key_passwd
1088 - Xsupplicant is not required anymore, but it can be used by
1089 disabling the internal IEEE 802.1X Supplicant with -e command line
1091 - this code is not included in the default build; Makefile need to
1092 be edited for this (uncomment lines for selected functionality)
1093 - EAP-TLS and EAP-PEAP require openssl libraries
1094 * use module prefix in debug messages (WPA, EAP, EAP-TLS, ..)
1095 * added support for non-WPA IEEE 802.1X mode with dynamic WEP keys
1096 (i.e., complete IEEE 802.1X/EAP authentication and use IEEE 802.1X
1097 EAPOL-Key frames instead of WPA key handshakes)
1098 * added support for IEEE 802.11i/RSN (WPA2)
1099 - improved PTK Key Handshake
1100 - PMKSA caching, pre-authentication
1101 * fixed wpa_supplicant to ignore possible extra data after WPA
1102 EAPOL-Key packets (this fixes 'Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using
1103 TPTK' error from message 3 of 4-Way Handshake in case the AP
1104 includes extra data after the EAPOL-Key)
1105 * added interface for external programs (frontends) to control
1107 - CLI example (wpa_cli) with interactive mode and command line
1109 - replaced SIGUSR1 status/statistics with the new control interface
1110 * made some feature compile time configurable
1111 - .config file for make
1112 - driver interfaces (hostap, hermes, ..)
1113 - EAPOL/EAP functions
1116 * Initial version of wpa_supplicant
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