HEADSUP: new wpa_supplicant and hostapd [ndis users read]

[Sam Leffler]

Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
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> Sam Leffler wrote:
>> These applications have been updated to the 0.5.8 "stable release" from
>> Jouni Malinen.  This gets us back on Jouni's stable release branch (as
>> opposed to the abandoned code base we were using).  There are many new
>> features (read the docs in contrib) and you should now be able to use
>> 802.1x over wired nic's though it may not be configured by default
>> (please send patches after testing and I will try stuff updated).
>>
>> ndis support in wpa_supplicant has been tested but requires fixups in
>> the kernel that are pending.  However people using ndis should also be
>> aware that the in-kernel ndis support has badly rotted and appears
>> chock-a-block with issues.  Unless someone steps up to work on it expect
>> instability.  Thanks to Andrew Thompson for patching things up.
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> Are there plans to add the patch to the base system OpenSSL needed to
> enable EAP-FAST?  This would greatly help me at work.

I have no plans.  I don't know who's looking after openssl these days 
but I'm loathe to take bits off the vendor branch.  OTOH having EAP-FAST 
work would be very useful.

	Sam