ChangeLog for wpa_supplicant
-????-??-?? - v2.0
+????-??-?? - v2.6
+ * fixed WNM Sleep Mode processing when PMF is not enabled
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2015-6/] (CVE-2015-5310)
+ * fixed EAP-pwd last fragment validation
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2015-7/] (CVE-2015-5315)
+ * fixed EAP-pwd unexpected Confirm message processing
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2015-8/] (CVE-2015-5316)
+ * fixed WPS configuration update vulnerability with malformed passphrase
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/] (CVE-2016-4476)
+ * fixed configuration update vulnerability with malformed parameters set
+ over the local control interface
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2016-1/] (CVE-2016-4477)
+ * fixed TK configuration to the driver in EAPOL-Key 3/4 retry case
+ * extended channel switch support for P2P GO
+ * started to throttle control interface event message bursts to avoid
+ issues with monitor sockets running out of buffer space
+ * mesh mode fixes/improvements
+ - generate proper AID for peer
+ - enable WMM by default
+ - add VHT support
+ - fix PMKID derivation
+ - improve robustness on various exchanges
+ - fix peer link counting in reconnect case
+ - add MESH_PEER_ADD and MESH_PEER_REMOVE commands
+ - add support for PMKSA caching
+ * fixed PMKID derivation with SAE
+ * added support for requesting and fetching arbitrary ANQP-elements
+ without internal support in wpa_supplicant for the specific element
+ (anqp[265]=<hexdump> in "BSS <BSSID>" command output)
+ * P2P
+ - filter control characters in group client device names to be
+ consistent with other P2P peer cases
+ - support VHT 80+80 MHz and 160 MHz
+ - indicate group completion in P2P Client role after data association
+ instead of already after the WPS provisioning step
+ - improve group-join operation to use SSID, if known, to filter BSS
+ entries
+ - added optional ssid=<hexdump> argument to P2P_CONNECT for join case
+ - added P2P_GROUP_MEMBER command to fetch client interface address
+ * P2PS
+ - fix follow-on PD Response behavior
+ - fix PD Response generation for unknown peer
+ - fix persistent group reporting
+ - add channel policy to PD Request
+ - add group SSID to the P2PS-PROV-DONE event
+ - allow "P2P_CONNECT <addr> p2ps" to be used without specifying the
+ default PIN
+ * BoringSSL
+ - support for OCSP stapling
+ - support building of h20-osu-client
+ * D-Bus
+ - add ExpectDisconnect()
+ - add global config parameters as properties
+ - add SaveConfig()
+ - add VendorElemAdd(), VendorElemGet(), VendorElemRem()
+ * fixed Suite B 192-bit AKM to use proper PMK length
+ (note: this makes old releases incompatible with the fixed behavior)
+ * improved PMF behavior for cases where the AP and STA has different
+ configuration by not trying to connect in some corner cases where the
+ connection cannot succeed
+ * added option to reopen debug log (e.g., to rotate the file) upon
+ receipt of SIGHUP signal
+ * EAP-pwd: added support for Brainpool Elliptic Curves
+ (with OpenSSL 1.0.2 and newer)
+ * fixed EAPOL reauthentication after FT protocol run
+ * fixed FTIE generation for 4-way handshake after FT protocol run
+ * extended INTERFACE_ADD command to allow certain type (sta/ap)
+ interface to be created
+ * fixed and improved various FST operations
+ * added 80+80 MHz VHT support for IBSS/mesh
+ * fixed SIGNAL_POLL in IBSS and mesh cases
+ * added an option to abort an ongoing scan (used to speed up connection
+ and can also be done with the new ABORT_SCAN command)
+ * TLS client
+ - do not verify CA certificates when ca_cert is not specified
+ - support validating server certificate hash
+ - support SHA384 and SHA512 hashes
+ - add signature_algorithms extension into ClientHello
+ - support TLS v1.2 signature algorithm with SHA384 and SHA512
+ - support server certificate probing
+ - allow specific TLS versions to be disabled with phase2 parameter
+ - support extKeyUsage
+ - support PKCS #5 v2.0 PBES2
+ - support PKCS #5 with PKCS #12 style key decryption
+ - minimal support for PKCS #12
+ - support OCSP stapling (including ocsp_multi)
+ * OpenSSL
+ - support OpenSSL 1.1 API changes
+ - drop support for OpenSSL 0.9.8
+ - drop support for OpenSSL 1.0.0
+ * added support for multiple schedule scan plans (sched_scan_plans)
+ * added support for external server certificate chain validation
+ (tls_ext_cert_check=1 in the network profile phase1 parameter)
+ * made phase2 parser more strict about correct use of auth=<val> and
+ autheap=<val> values
+ * improved GAS offchannel operations with comeback request
+ * added SIGNAL_MONITOR command to request signal strength monitoring
+ events
+ * added command for retrieving HS 2.0 icons with in-memory storage
+ (REQ_HS20_ICON, GET_HS20_ICON, DEL_HS20_ICON commands and
+ RX-HS20-ICON event)
+ * enabled ACS support for AP mode operations with wpa_supplicant
+ * EAP-PEAP: fixed interoperability issue with Windows 2012r2 server
+ ("Invalid Compound_MAC in cryptobinding TLV")
+ * EAP-TTLS; fixed success after fragmented final Phase 2 message
+ * VHT: added interoperability workaround for 80+80 and 160 MHz channels
+ * WNM: workaround for broken AP operating class behavior
+ * added kqueue(2) support for eloop (CONFIG_ELOOP_KQUEUE)
+ * nl80211:
+ - add support for full station state operations
+ - do not add NL80211_ATTR_SMPS_MODE attribute if HT is disabled
+ - add NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID with Connect command
+ * added initial MBO support; number of extensions to WNM BSS Transition
+ Management
+ * added support for PBSS/PCP and P2P on 60 GHz
+ * Interworking: add credential realm to EAP-TLS identity
+ * fixed EAPOL-Key Request Secure bit to be 1 if PTK is set
+ * HS 2.0: add support for configuring frame filters
+ * added POLL_STA command to check connectivity in AP mode
+ * added initial functionality for location related operations
+ * started to ignore pmf=1/2 parameter for non-RSN networks
+ * added wps_disabled=1 network profile parameter to allow AP mode to
+ be started without enabling WPS
+ * number of small fixes
+
+2015-09-27 - v2.5
+ * fixed P2P validation of SSID element length before copying it
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2015-1/] (CVE-2015-1863)
+ * fixed WPS UPnP vulnerability with HTTP chunked transfer encoding
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2015-2/] (CVE-2015-4141)
+ * fixed WMM Action frame parser (AP mode)
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2015-3/] (CVE-2015-4142)
+ * fixed EAP-pwd peer missing payload length validation
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2015-4/]
+ (CVE-2015-4143, CVE-2015-4144, CVE-2015-4145, CVE-2015-4146)
+ * fixed validation of WPS and P2P NFC NDEF record payload length
+ [http://w1.fi/security/2015-5/]
+ * nl80211:
+ - added VHT configuration for IBSS
+ - fixed vendor command handling to check OUI properly
+ - allow driver-based roaming to change ESS
+ * added AVG_BEACON_RSSI to SIGNAL_POLL output
+ * wpa_cli: added tab completion for number of commands
+ * removed unmaintained and not yet completed SChannel/CryptoAPI support
+ * modified Extended Capabilities element use in Probe Request frames to
+ include all cases if any of the values are non-zero
+ * added support for dynamically creating/removing a virtual interface
+ with interface_add/interface_remove
+ * added support for hashed password (NtHash) in EAP-pwd peer
+ * added support for memory-only PSK/passphrase (mem_only_psk=1 and
+ CTRL-REQ/RSP-PSK_PASSPHRASE)
+ * P2P
+ - optimize scan frequencies list when re-joining a persistent group
+ - fixed number of sequences with nl80211 P2P Device interface
+ - added operating class 125 for P2P use cases (this allows 5 GHz
+ channels 161 and 169 to be used if they are enabled in the current
+ regulatory domain)
+ - number of fixes to P2PS functionality
+ - do not allow 40 MHz co-ex PRI/SEC switch to force MCC
+ - extended support for preferred channel listing
+ * D-Bus:
+ - fixed WPS property of fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1.BSS interface
+ - fixed PresenceRequest to use group interface
+ - added new signals: FindStopped, WPS pbc-overlap,
+ GroupFormationFailure, WPS timeout, InvitationReceived
+ - added new methods: WPS Cancel, P2P Cancel, Reconnect, RemoveClient
+ - added manufacturer info
+ * added EAP-EKE peer support for deriving Session-Id
+ * added wps_priority configuration parameter to set the default priority
+ for all network profiles added by WPS
+ * added support to request a scan with specific SSIDs with the SCAN
+ command (optional "ssid <hexdump>" arguments)
+ * removed support for WEP40/WEP104 as a group cipher with WPA/WPA2
+ * fixed SAE group selection in an error case
+ * modified SAE routines to be more robust and PWE generation to be
+ stronger against timing attacks
+ * added support for Brainpool Elliptic Curves with SAE
+ * added support for CCMP-256 and GCMP-256 as group ciphers with FT
+ * fixed BSS selection based on estimated throughput
+ * added option to disable TLSv1.0 with OpenSSL
+ (phase1="tls_disable_tlsv1_0=1")
+ * added Fast Session Transfer (FST) module
+ * fixed OpenSSL PKCS#12 extra certificate handling
+ * fixed key derivation for Suite B 192-bit AKM (this breaks
+ compatibility with the earlier version)
+ * added RSN IE to Mesh Peering Open/Confirm frames
+ * number of small fixes
+
+2015-03-15 - v2.4
+ * allow OpenSSL cipher configuration to be set for internal EAP server
+ (openssl_ciphers parameter)
+ * fixed number of small issues based on hwsim test case failures and
+ static analyzer reports
+ * P2P:
+ - add new=<0/1> flag to P2P-DEVICE-FOUND events
+ - add passive channels in invitation response from P2P Client
+ - enable nl80211 P2P_DEVICE support by default
+ - fix regresssion in disallow_freq preventing search on social
+ channels
+ - fix regressions in P2P SD query processing
+ - try to re-invite with social operating channel if no common channels
+ in invitation
+ - allow cross connection on parent interface (this fixes number of
+ use cases with nl80211)
+ - add support for P2P services (P2PS)
+ - add p2p_go_ctwindow configuration parameter to allow GO CTWindow to
+ be configured
+ * increase postponing of EAPOL-Start by one second with AP/GO that
+ supports WPS 2.0 (this makes it less likely to trigger extra roundtrip
+ of identity frames)
+ * add support for PMKSA caching with SAE
+ * add support for control mesh BSS (IEEE 802.11s) operations
+ * fixed number of issues with D-Bus P2P commands
+ * fixed regression in ap_scan=2 special case for WPS
+ * fixed macsec_validate configuration
+ * add a workaround for incorrectly behaving APs that try to use
+ EAPOL-Key descriptor version 3 when the station supports PMF even if
+ PMF is not enabled on the AP
+ * allow TLS v1.1 and v1.2 to be negotiated by default; previous behavior
+ of disabling these can be configured to work around issues with broken
+ servers with phase1="tls_disable_tlsv1_1=1 tls_disable_tlsv1_2=1"
+ * add support for Suite B (128-bit and 192-bit level) key management and
+ cipher suites
+ * add WMM-AC support (WMM_AC_ADDTS/WMM_AC_DELTS)
+ * improved BSS Transition Management processing
+ * add support for neighbor report
+ * add support for link measurement
+ * fixed expiration of BSS entry with all-zeros BSSID
+ * add optional LAST_ID=x argument to LIST_NETWORK to allow all
+ configured networks to be listed even with huge number of network
+ profiles
+ * add support for EAP Re-Authentication Protocol (ERP)
+ * fixed EAP-IKEv2 fragmentation reassembly
+ * improved PKCS#11 configuration for OpenSSL
+ * set stdout to be line-buffered
+ * add TDLS channel switch configuration
+ * add support for MAC address randomization in scans with nl80211
+ * enable HT for IBSS if supported by the driver
+ * add BSSID black and white lists (bssid_blacklist, bssid_whitelist)
+ * add support for domain_suffix_match with GnuTLS
+ * add OCSP stapling client support with GnuTLS
+ * include peer certificate in EAP events even without a separate probe
+ operation; old behavior can be restored with cert_in_cb=0
+ * add peer ceritficate alt subject name to EAP events
+ (CTRL-EVENT-EAP-PEER-ALT)
+ * add domain_match network profile parameter (similar to
+ domain_suffix_match, but full match is required)
+ * enable AP/GO mode HT Tx STBC automatically based on driver support
+ * add ANQP-QUERY-DONE event to provide information on ANQP parsing
+ status
+ * allow passive scanning to be forced with passive_scan=1
+ * add a workaround for Linux packet socket behavior when interface is in
+ bridge
+ * increase 5 GHz band preference in BSS selection (estimate SNR, if info
+ not available from driver; estimate maximum throughput based on common
+ HT/VHT/specific TX rate support)
+ * add INTERWORKING_ADD_NETWORK ctrl_iface command; this can be used to
+ implement Interworking network selection behavior in upper layers
+ software components
+ * add optional reassoc_same_bss_optim=1 (disabled by default)
+ optimization to avoid unnecessary Authentication frame exchange
+ * extend TDLS frame padding workaround to cover all packets
+ * allow wpa_supplicant to recover nl80211 functionality if the cfg80211
+ module gets removed and reloaded without restarting wpa_supplicant
+ * allow hostapd DFS implementation to be used in wpa_supplicant AP mode
+
+2014-10-09 - v2.3
+ * fixed number of minor issues identified in static analyzer warnings
+ * fixed wfd_dev_info to be more careful and not read beyond the buffer
+ when parsing invalid information for P2P-DEVICE-FOUND
+ * extended P2P and GAS query operations to support drivers that have
+ maximum remain-on-channel time below 1000 ms (500 ms is the current
+ minimum supported value)
+ * added p2p_search_delay parameter to make the default p2p_find delay
+ configurable
+ * improved P2P operating channel selection for various multi-channel
+ concurrency cases
+ * fixed some TDLS failure cases to clean up driver state
+ * fixed dynamic interface addition cases with nl80211 to avoid adding
+ ifindex values to incorrect interface to skip foreign interface events
+ properly
+ * added TDLS workaround for some APs that may add extra data to the
+ end of a short frame
+ * fixed EAP-AKA' message parser with multiple AT_KDF attributes
+ * added configuration option (p2p_passphrase_len) to allow longer
+ passphrases to be generated for P2P groups
+ * fixed IBSS channel configuration in some corner cases
+ * improved HT/VHT/QoS parameter setup for TDLS
+ * modified D-Bus interface for P2P peers/groups
+ * started to use constant time comparison for various password and hash
+ values to reduce possibility of any externally measurable timing
+ differences
+ * extended explicit clearing of freed memory and expired keys to avoid
+ keeping private data in memory longer than necessary
+ * added optional scan_id parameter to the SCAN command to allow manual
+ scan requests for active scans for specific configured SSIDs
+ * fixed CTRL-EVENT-REGDOM-CHANGE event init parameter value
+ * added option to set Hotspot 2.0 Rel 2 update_identifier in network
+ configuration to support external configuration
+ * modified Android PNO functionality to send Probe Request frames only
+ for hidden SSIDs (based on scan_ssid=1)
+ * added generic mechanism for adding vendor elements into frames at
+ runtime (VENDOR_ELEM_ADD, VENDOR_ELEM_GET, VENDOR_ELEM_REMOVE)
+ * added fields to show unrecognized vendor elements in P2P_PEER
+ * removed EAP-TTLS/MSCHAPv2 interoperability workaround so that
+ MS-CHAP2-Success is required to be present regardless of
+ eap_workaround configuration
+ * modified EAP fast session resumption to allow results to be used only
+ with the same network block that generated them
+ * extended freq_list configuration to apply for sched_scan as well as
+ normal scan
+ * modified WPS to merge mixed-WPA/WPA2 credentials from a single session
+ * fixed nl80211/RTM_DELLINK processing when a P2P GO interface is
+ removed from a bridge
+ * fixed number of small P2P issues to make negotiations more robust in
+ corner cases
+ * added experimental support for using temporary, random local MAC
+ address (mac_addr and preassoc_mac_addr parameters); this is disabled
+ by default (i.e., previous behavior of using permanent address is
+ maintained if configuration is not changed)
+ * added D-Bus interface for setting/clearing WFD IEs
+ * fixed TDLS AID configuration for VHT
+ * modified -m<conf> configuration file to be used only for the P2P
+ non-netdev management device and do not load this for the default
+ station interface or load the station interface configuration for
+ the P2P management interface
+ * fixed external MAC address changes while wpa_supplicant is running
+ * started to enable HT (if supported by the driver) for IBSS
+ * fixed wpa_cli action script execution to use more robust mechanism
+ (CVE-2014-3686)
+
+2014-06-04 - v2.2
+ * added DFS indicator to get_capability freq
+ * added/fixed nl80211 functionality
+ - BSSID/frequency hint for driver-based BSS selection
+ - fix tearing down WDS STA interfaces
+ - support vendor specific driver command
+ (VENDOR <vendor id> <sub command id> [<hex formatted data>])
+ - GO interface teardown optimization
+ - allow beacon interval to be configured for IBSS
+ - add SHA256-based AKM suites to CONNECT/ASSOCIATE commands
+ * removed unused NFC_RX_HANDOVER_REQ and NFC_RX_HANDOVER_SEL control
+ interface commands (the more generic NFC_REPORT_HANDOVER is now used)
+ * fixed MSCHAP UTF-8 to UCS-2 conversion for three-byte encoding;
+ this fixes password with include UTF-8 characters that use
+ three-byte encoding EAP methods that use NtPasswordHash
+ * fixed couple of sequencies where radio work items could get stuck,
+ e.g., when rfkill blocking happens during scanning or when
+ scan-for-auth workaround is used
+ * P2P enhancements/fixes
+ - enable enable U-APSD on GO automatically if the driver indicates
+ support for this
+ - fixed some service discovery cases with broadcast queries not being
+ sent to all stations
+ - fixed Probe Request frame triggering invitation to trigger only a
+ single invitation instance even if multiple Probe Request frames are
+ received
+ - fixed a potential NULL pointer dereference crash when processing an
+ invalid Invitation Request frame
+ - add optional configuration file for the P2P_DEVICE parameters
+ - optimize scan for GO during persistent group invocation
+ - fix possible segmentation fault when PBC overlap is detected while
+ using a separate P2P group interface
+ - improve GO Negotiation robustness by allowing GO Negotiation
+ Confirmation to be retransmitted
+ - do use freed memory on device found event when P2P NFC
+ * added phase1 network parameter options for disabling TLS v1.1 and v1.2
+ to allow workarounds with misbehaving AAA servers
+ (tls_disable_tlsv1_1=1 and tls_disable_tlsv1_2=1)
+ * added support for OCSP stapling to validate AAA server certificate
+ during TLS exchange
+ * Interworking/Hotspot 2.0 enhancements
+ - prefer the last added network in Interworking connection to make the
+ behavior more consistent with likely user expectation
+ - roaming partner configuration (roaming_partner within a cred block)
+ - support Hotspot 2.0 Release 2
+ * "hs20_anqp_get <BSSID> 8" to request OSU Providers list
+ * "hs20_icon_request <BSSID> <icon filename>" to request icon files
+ * "fetch_osu" and "cancel_osu_fetch" to start/stop full OSU provider
+ search (all suitable APs in scan results)
+ * OSEN network for online signup connection
+ * min_{dl,ul}_bandwidth_{home,roaming} cred parameters
+ * max_bss_load cred parameter
+ * req_conn_capab cred parameter
+ * sp_priority cred parameter
+ * ocsp cred parameter
+ * slow down automatic connection attempts on EAP failure to meet
+ required behavior (no more than 10 retries within a 10-minute
+ interval)
+ * sample implementation of online signup client (both SPP and
+ OMA-DM protocols) (hs20/client/*)
+ - fixed GAS indication for additional comeback delay with status
+ code 95
+ - extend ANQP_GET to accept Hotspot 2.0 subtypes
+ ANQP_GET <addr> <info id>[,<info id>]...
+ [,hs20:<subtype>][...,hs20:<subtype>]
+ - add control interface events CRED-ADDED <id>,
+ CRED-MODIFIED <id> <field>, CRED-REMOVED <id>
+ - add "GET_CRED <id> <field>" command
+ - enable FT for the connection automatically if the AP advertises
+ support for this
+ - fix a case where auto_interworking=1 could end up stopping scanning
+ * fixed TDLS interoperability issues with supported operating class in
+ some deployed stations
+ * internal TLS implementation enhancements/fixes
+ - add SHA256-based cipher suites
+ - add DHE-RSA cipher suites
+ - fix X.509 validation of PKCS#1 signature to check for extra data
+ * fixed PTK derivation for CCMP-256 and GCMP-256
+ * added "reattach" command for fast reassociate-back-to-same-BSS
+ * allow PMF to be enabled for AP mode operation with the ieee80211w
+ parameter
+ * added "get_capability tdls" command
+ * added option to set config blobs through control interface with
+ "SET blob <name> <hexdump>"
+ * D-Bus interface extensions/fixes
+ - make p2p_no_group_iface configurable
+ - declare ServiceDiscoveryRequest method properly
+ - export peer's device address as a property
+ - make reassociate command behave like the control interface one,
+ i.e., to allow connection from disconnected state
+ * added optional "freq=<channel ranges>" parameter to SET pno
+ * added optional "freq=<channel ranges>" parameter to SELECT_NETWORK
+ * fixed OBSS scan result processing for 20/40 MHz co-ex report
+ * remove WPS 1.0 only support, i.e., WSC 2.0 support is now enabled
+ whenever CONFIG_WPS=y is set
+ * fixed regression in parsing of WNM Sleep Mode exit key data
+ * fixed potential segmentation fault and memory leaks in WNM neighbor
+ report processing
+ * EAP-pwd fixes
+ - fragmentation of PWD-Confirm-Resp
+ - fix memory leak when fragmentation is used
+ - fix possible segmentation fault on EAP method deinit if an invalid
+ group is negotiated
+ * added MACsec/IEEE Std 802.1X-2010 PAE implementation (currently
+ available only with the macsec_qca driver wrapper)
+ * fixed EAP-SIM counter-too-small message
+ * added 'dup_network <id_s> <id_d> <name>' command; this can be used to
+ clone the psk field without having toextract it from wpa_supplicant
+ * fixed GSM authentication on USIM
+ * added support for usin epoll in eloop (CONFIG_ELOOP_EPOLL=y)
+ * fixed some concurrent virtual interface cases with dedicated P2P
+ management interface to not catch events from removed interface (this
+ could result in the management interface getting disabled)
+ * fixed a memory leak in SAE random number generation
+ * fixed off-by-one bounds checking in printf_encode()
+ - this could result in some control interface ATTACH command cases
+ terminating wpa_supplicant
+ * fixed EAPOL-Key exchange when GCMP is used with SHA256-based AKM
+ * various bug fixes
+
+2014-02-04 - v2.1
+ * added support for simultaneous authentication of equals (SAE) for
+ stronger password-based authentication with WPA2-Personal
+ * improved P2P negotiation and group formation robustness
+ - avoid unnecessary Dialog Token value changes during retries
+ - avoid more concurrent scanning cases during full group formation
+ sequence
+ - do not use potentially obsolete scan result data from driver
+ cache for peer discovery/updates
+ - avoid undesired re-starting of GO negotiation based on Probe
+ Request frames
+ - increase GO Negotiation and Invitation timeouts to address busy
+ environments and peers that take long time to react to messages,
+ e.g., due to power saving
+ - P2P Device interface type
+ * improved P2P channel selection (use more peer information and allow
+ more local options)
+ * added support for optional per-device PSK assignment by P2P GO
+ (wpa_cli p2p_set per_sta_psk <0/1>)
+ * added P2P_REMOVE_CLIENT for removing a client from P2P groups
+ (including persistent groups); this can be used to securely remove
+ a client from a group if per-device PSKs are used
+ * added more configuration flexibility for allowed P2P GO/client
+ channels (p2p_no_go_freq list and p2p_add_cli_chan=0/1)
+ * added nl80211 functionality
+ - VHT configuration for nl80211
+ - MFP (IEEE 802.11w) information for nl80211 command API
+ - support split wiphy dump
+ - FT (IEEE 802.11r) with driver-based SME
+ - use advertised number of supported concurrent channels
+ - QoS Mapping configuration
+ * improved TDLS negotiation robustness
+ * added more TDLS peer parameters to be configured to the driver
+ * optimized connection time by allowing recently received scan results
+ to be used instead of having to run through a new scan
+ * fixed ctrl_iface BSS command iteration with RANGE argument and no
+ exact matches; also fixed argument parsing for some cases with
+ multiple arguments
+ * added 'SCAN TYPE=ONLY' ctrl_iface command to request manual scan
+ without executing roaming/network re-selection on scan results
+ * added Session-Id derivation for EAP peer methods
+ * added fully automated regression testing with mac80211_hwsim
+ * changed configuration parser to reject invalid integer values
+ * allow AP/Enrollee to be specified with BSSID instead of UUID for
+ WPS ER operations
+ * disable network block temporarily on repeated connection failures
+ * changed the default driver interface from wext to nl80211 if both are
+ included in the build
+ * remove duplicate networks if WPS provisioning is run multiple times
+ * remove duplicate networks when Interworking network selection uses the
+ same network
+ * added global freq_list configuration to allow scan frequencies to be
+ limited for all cases instead of just for a specific network block
+ * added support for BSS Transition Management
+ * added option to use "IFNAME=<ifname> " prefix to use the global
+ control interface connection to perform per-interface commands;
+ similarly, allow global control interface to be used as a monitor
+ interface to receive events from all interfaces
+ * fixed OKC-based PMKSA cache entry clearing
+ * fixed TKIP group key configuration with FT
+ * added support for using OCSP stapling to validate server certificate
+ (ocsp=1 as optional and ocsp=2 as mandatory)
+ * added EAP-EKE peer
+ * added peer restart detection for IBSS RSN
+ * added domain_suffix_match (and domain_suffix_match2 for Phase 2
+ EAP-TLS) to specify additional constraint for the server certificate
+ domain name
+ * added support for external SIM/USIM processing in EAP-SIM, EAP-AKA,
+ and EAP-AKA' (CTRL-REQ-SIM and CTRL-RSP-SIM commands over control
+ interface)
+ * added global bgscan configuration option as a default for all network
+ blocks that do not specify their own bgscan parameters
+ * added D-Bus methods for TDLS
+ * added more control to scan requests
+ - "SCAN freq=<freq list>" can be used to specify which channels are
+ scanned (comma-separated frequency ranges in MHz)
+ - "SCAN passive=1" can be used to request a passive scan (no Probe
+ Request frames are sent)
+ - "SCAN use_id" can be used to request a scan id to be returned and
+ included in event messages related to this specific scan operation
+ - "SCAN only_new=1" can be used to request the driver/cfg80211 to
+ report only BSS entries that have been updated during this scan
+ round
+ - these optional arguments to the SCAN command can be combined with
+ each other
+ * modified behavior on externally triggered scans
+ - avoid concurrent operations requiring full control of the radio when
+ an externally triggered scan is detected
+ - do not use results for internal roaming decision
+ * added a new cred block parameter 'temporary' to allow credential
+ blocks to be stored separately even if wpa_supplicant configuration
+ file is used to maintain other network information
+ * added "radio work" framework to schedule exclusive radio operations
+ for off-channel functionality
+ - reduce issues with concurrent operations that try to control which
+ channel is used
+ - allow external programs to request exclusive radio control in a way
+ that avoids conflicts with wpa_supplicant
+ * added support for using Protected Dual of Public Action frames for
+ GAS/ANQP exchanges when associated with PMF
+ * added support for WPS+NFC updates and P2P+NFC
+ - improved protocol for WPS
+ - P2P group formation/join based on NFC connection handover
+ - new IPv4 address assignment for P2P groups (ip_addr_* configuration
+ parameters on the GO) to replace DHCP
+ - option to fetch and report alternative carrier records for external
+ NFC operations
+ * various bug fixes
+
+2013-01-12 - v2.0
* removed Qt3-based wpa_gui (obsoleted by wpa_qui-qt4)
* removed unmaintained driver wrappers broadcom, iphone, osx, ralink,
hostap, madwifi (hostap and madwifi remain available for hostapd;
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