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Fri Jul 20 00:57:59 UTC 2018

In message <CACNAnaFJvAq4h5hCu7HezfRtvovKWhZGZdtfooQmnR84HWGqKQ at mail.gma
il.com>
, Kyle Evans writes:
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb at hardenedbsd.org> wrot
> e:
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 07:24:46PM -0500, Kyle Evans wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 6:21 PM, Kyle Evans <kevans at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
>  wrote:
> >> >> In message <201807192114.w6JLEapA097589 at slippy.cwsent.com>, Cy Schubert
> >> >> writes:
> >> >>> In message <17042686.Mc0X0P6XHu at asus.theweb.org.ua>, "Oleg V. Nauman"
> >> >>> writes:
> >> >>> > On Thursday, July 19, 2018 4:54:42 PM EEST Cy Schubert wrote:
> >> >>> > > In message <CACNAnaEaMtRfHTXyCcGGmVP_37=gjLfDjPD5yd1gZqmpC0Z0Rg at ma
> il.gma
> >> >>> > > il.com>
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > > , Kyle Evans writes:
> >> >>> > > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Niclas Zeising
> >> >>> > > >
> >> >>> > > > <zeising+freebsd at daemonic.se> wrote:
> >> >>> > > > > [ sending this again since I missed the list the first time, a
> pologie
> >> >>> s
> >> >>> > > > > if
> >> >>> > > > > anyone receives a duplicate ]
> >> >>> > > > >
> >> >>> > > > > On 07/19/18 13:57, Kyle Evans wrote:
> >> >>> > > > >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 4:51 AM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe at free
> bsd.org
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > > > >>
> >> >>> > > > >> wrote:
> >> >>> > > > >>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:48:03AM +0300, Andrey V. Elsukov 
> wrote:
> >> >>> > > > >>>> ...
> >> >>> > > > >>>> Yesterday I updated my notebook (with iwm(4)) and also noti
> ced tha
> >> >>> t
> >> >>> > > > >>>> wi-fi connection periodically breaks. /etc/rc.d/wpa_supplic
> ant
> >> >>> > > > >>>> restart
> >> >>> > > > >>>> wlan0 helps. After your message I reinstalled wpa_supplican
> t from
> >> >>> ol
> >> >>> > d
> >> >>> > > > >>>> source and now it works stable already about 2 hours.
> >> >>> > > > >>>
> >> >>> > > > >>> So, right now, we have broken wpa_supplicant(8) in -CURRENT?
>  :-/
> >> >>> > > > >>
> >> >>> > > > >> Well, "broken". It's incredibly stable outside of rekeying ev
> ents, a
> >> >>> nd
> >> >>> > > > >> further testing shows that I don't actually notice these disc
> onnects
> >> >>> > > > >> most of the time because it reassociates fast enough. I notic
> ed it t
> >> >>> he
> >> >>> > > > >> first time because apparently I had both SSIDs from my AP unc
> ommente
> >> >>> d
> >> >>> > > > >> in my wpa_supplicant.conf and it decided at that point to con
> nect to
> >> >>> > > > >> the other one, which took a little longer.
> >> >>> > > > >>
> >> >>> > > > >> Contrary to Andrey's report, though, I don't have to kick
> >> >>> > > > >> wpa_supplicant at all. It will reassociate on its own every s
> ingle
> >> >>> > > > >> time.
> >> >>> > > > >
> >> >>> > > > > Hi!
> >> >>> > > > > I have the exact same problem as Andrey, with the same driver.
>   I've
> >> >>> no
> >> >>> > t
> >> >>> > > > > investigated very much, but when using the 2.8 wpa_supplicant 
> the wif
> >> >>> i
> >> >>> > > > > network dies after a little while, and I have to restart it (u
> sually
> >> >>> > > > > with
> >> >>> > > > > /etc/rc.d/netif restart).  Then it works for a little while, b
> efore
> >> >>> > > > > going
> >> >>> > > > > down again.  With the old wpa_supplicant I didn't have this pr
> oblem.
> >> >>> > > > >
> >> >>> > > > > I don't have very much else to add except noting that I'm affe
> cted as
> >> >>> > > > > well.
> >> >>> > > > > I haven't had time to debug it properly (which is why I've nev
> er
> >> >>> > > > > reported
> >> >>> > > > > it)
> >> >>> > > >
> >> >>> > > > I plan on trying out the latest from upstream beyond the patch C
> y sent
> >> >>> > > > along earlier to see if it's perhaps been addressed elsewhere in
>  the
> >> >>> > > > past two years since this release was made.
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > > A point of reference. I've had no issues here with any of the netw
> orks
> >> >>> > > I use. All the networks I use are either WPA-PSK or open. The last
> >> >>> > > WPA-EAP I used was at former $JOB a few years ago. However, at the
>  Link
> >> >>> > > Lounge just outside where $JOB is at my wifi would disconnect ever
> y 30
> >> >>> > > minutes using our old wpa 2.5, requiring a netif restart. 2.6 reso
> lved
> >> >>> > > that issue.
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > > Upline git commit 0adc9b28b39d414d5febfff752f6a1576f785c85 also lo
> oks
> >> >>> > > interesting.
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > > ommit 0adc9b28b39d414d5febfff752f6a1576f785c85
> >> >>> > > Author: Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi>
> >> >>> > > Date:   Sun Oct 1 12:32:57 2017 +0300
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > >     Fix PTK rekeying to generate a new ANonce
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > >     The Authenticator state machine path for PTK rekeying ended up
> >> >>> > > bypassing
> >> >>> > >     the AUTHENTICATION2 state where a new ANonce is generated when
>  going
> >> >>> > >     directly to the PTKSTART state since there is no need to try t
> o
> >> >>> > >     determine the PMK again in such a case. This is far from ideal
> >> >>> > > since the
> >> >>> > >     new PTK would depend on a new nonce only from the supplicant.
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > >     Fix this by generating a new ANonce when moving to the PTKSTAR
> T
> >> >>> > > state
> >> >>> > >     for the purpose of starting new 4-way handshake to rekey PTK.
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > >     Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j at w1.fi>
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > >
> >> >>> > > I suspect a timeout because reason=1 in Kyle's log.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >  I have two systems experienced wifi connection issues after recent 
> HEAD
> >> >>> > update.
> >> >>> >  Both of them experiencing frequent up/down wlan0 events on boot so 
> wireles
> >> >>> s
> >> >>> > connection can not negotiate DHCP requests, possibly due to fact tha
> t both
> >> >>> > connecting to the same AP.
> >> >>> >  AP capabilities list:
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > *****   f8:1a:67:56:16:16    1   54M  -74:-96   100 EPS  WPA WME ATH
>  WPS
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Interesting enough that switching wpa_supplicant to version 2.6 from
>  ports
> >> >>> > fixes that issue completely.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > Hopefully it helps.
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >  Thank you.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I've imported all the patches in the port, from our upline into base.
> >> >>> Some were already committed to
> >> >>> --
> >> >>> Cheers,
> >> >>> Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
> >> >>> FreeBSD UNIX:  <cy at FreeBSD.org>   Web:  http://www.FreeBSD.org
> >> >>>
> >> >>>       The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
> >> >>>  base 2.5 others not. This should bring base up to par with the port,
> >> >>> address the remaining security issues, and probably fix this thread to
> o.
> >> >>
> >> >> exmh. I had my cursor in the wrong place when I hit send.
> >> >>
> >> >> I've imported all the patches in the port, from our upline into base.
> >> >> Some were already committed to base 2.5 others not. This should bring
> >> >> base up to par with the port, address the remaining security issues,
> >> >> and probably fix this thread too.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > FWIW- with ports 2.6 I've confirmed that instead of the reassociation I 
> get:
> >> >
> >> > Jul 19 18:17:30 shiva wpa_supplicant[34199]: wlan0: WPA: Group
> >> > rekeying completed with ... [GTK=CCMP]
> >> >
> >> > I'll try with base 2.6 now that you've updated with all of these patches
> .
> >>
> >> Alright, base 2.6 is still no good here. I note that there's still
> >> some diff between ports and base [1] (about 252 lines of diff to sort
> >> through, nothing serious... I removed the obviously-for-libressl
> >> diff).
> >>
> >> Some of it looks kind of suspicious, but I'd guess the changes in
> >> ./src/rsn_supp/wpa.c are mostly what make the difference for me.   How
> >> much of this really needs to stick around, given that ports
> >> wpa_supplicant is actually pretty stable?
> >
> > (Attempting to read between the lines, forgive me if I
> > misinterpreted.)
>
> Sorry, I seem to have missed a word there. I meant "How much of this
> [diff] really needs to stick around, given that ports wpa_supplicant
> is actually pretty stable?" -- we've had a couple reports of
> improvements from the 2.6 in ports, so I wonder if some of our local
> diffs should have gone away with the 2.6 update but we didn't quite
> get there.
>
> > Some of the systems I've set up recently are more easily set up with
> > wireless. Running a 100ft cable in an office building isn't that fun.
> >
>
> Ahh, indeed- at $work we have tons of those, with 2ft thick concrete
> walls sprinkled conservatively and legacy wire runs -everywhere-, and
> not necessarily with drop ceilings or conduit... ugh.

I'm on a $work issue right now. I'll get back to this in an hour.

-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert at cschubert.com>
FreeBSD UNIX:  <cy at FreeBSD.org>   Web:  http://www.FreeBSD.org

	The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.