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mac80211: IEEE 802.11w (management frame protection)

From:  Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
To:  "John W. Linville" <linville-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>, Johannes Berg <johannes-cdvu00un1VgdHxzADdlk8Q@public.gmane.org>
Subject:  [PATCH 00/14] mac80211: IEEE 802.11w (management frame protection)
Date:  Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:23:46 +0200
Message-ID:  <20090107112346.369581673@atheros.com>
Cc:  linux-wireless-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

This set of patches adds support for IEEE 802.11w (management frame
protection) into mac80211. It is up-to-date with the latest IEEE 802.11w
draft (D7.0) and I do not expect any major changes to IEEE 802.11w
anymore.

This version is ready to be applied into wireless-testing.

Differences to the last RFC round:
- rebase against current wireless-testing + CSA patch from Sujith (it
  is also allocating a new flag and would have conflicted with the
  previous MFP patches)
- fix ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame() for encrypted (on RX) frames
  (must not check Category field for them since it may be encrypted)
- add a new option for CCMP hwaccel keys to allow the driver to request
  management frame crypto be done in mac80211 if needed
- update ath9k to support MFP

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA
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