HEADSUP: new wpa_supplicant and hostapd [ndis users read]

[Simon L. Nielsen]

On 2007.07.11 14:02:56 -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> 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.
> 
> Are there plans to add the patch to the base system OpenSSL needed to
> enable EAP-FAST?  This would greatly help me at work.

Which patch do you mean?  While I don't have a problem with taking
stuff off the vendor branch if needed, I general I prefer not to
change OpenSSL unless there is a good reason (critical bugs, security
issues etc).

-- 
Simon L. Nielsen
Hat: OpenSSL Janitor