On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 09:53:23AM -0000, fishor wrote:
> On Wednesday 22 October 2008 16:09:27 Alexander Sack wrote:
> > not sure either. i think even for hidden essid the essid set here
> > would be the name of the hidden essid and not empty. Most likely essid
> > being set to "off" means that no association should be tried. Normal
> > network scans might be required though.
>
> IMHO, completly automaited association is security issue. at leas essid or
> bssid should be set. NM renew the AP list, so it should not be done by driver
> in background. Association do not needet in monitor mode see driver:
>
> if (priv->ieee->iw_mode == IW_MODE_MONITOR) {
> IPW_DEBUG_ASSOC("Not attempting association (monitor
> mode)\n");
> return 0;
> }
>
> May be for adhoc mode... but essid is needed. And we use by defaul managed
> mode. So may bi it is ok jus to do:
> if (priv->ieee->iw_mode == IW_MODE_MANAGED){
> IPW_DEBUG_ASSOC("Not attempting association (managed
> mode)\n");
> return 0;
> }
>
Could you come up with a patch so we can get a test package in some
PPA?
Thanks!
- Alexander
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