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Re: Bug#760712: WEP vs WPA2



Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> (2014-09-15):
> Ben, I guess it might make sense to add those to crypto-modules? Not
> sure how feasible it would be to figure out which other ones might be
> interesting for other wireless modules though…
> 
> → I can open a bug against src:linux to keep track of it.

#761902, already fixed in linux's sid branch, and confirmed locally.

> Ben mentioned on IRC: CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y which might be helpful for
> the udeb. Adding this option on top of sid's wpasupplicant-udeb isn't
> sufficient, since one also needs adding the -s flag to netcfg's execlp
> call. Once both udebs have been modified, wpasupplicant lines end up
> in syslog, which is definitely helpful.
> 
> → That should probably become 2 extra bug reports (src:wpa, src:netcfg).

wpa now has #761922, and there are patches in svn already.

netcfg now has #761923, blocked-by #761922.

> Beware of the order: passing -s without CONFIG_DEBUG_SYSLOG=y means
> getting an error and usage in syslog, so netcfg should only be patched
> when wpa is ready.
> 
> Once we get there, it might make sense to pass (or make it possible to
> pass) at least -d to wpa_supplicant.
> 
> → An extra bug report for netcfg.

I've lumped -d with -s into #761923.

Thanks again everyone.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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