Re: WPA and IEEE 802.1X support

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

Yep, WPA and various types of 802.1x are planned.  It looks like
wpa_supplicant is the best bet for now, however it has its problems WRT
NetworkManager:

1) It does its own WEP key storage
2) It does its own interface detection
3) It does its own link detection
4) Its a daemon

Unfortunately, it looks like we might have to engulf wpa_supplicant too,
like we've done DHCP.  All these little programs attempt to be
_everything_ (which of course, is what NetworkManager is :), what we
really need is a library for this stuff.  So we'll probably have to make
wpa_supplicant a library like dhcp and zeroconf stuff.

Dan

On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 21:32 -0500, Andrew Barr wrote:
> I was wondering what plans are for supporting IEEE 802.1x and/or WPA (both PSK 
> and EAP) are. I have three wireless nets I connect to, one uses LEAP via 
> xsupplicant, another WPA-EAP, and another is open. So right now 
> NetworkManager is only good for one of those three :(. Keep up the good work 
> though, this is sorely needed in Linux.
> 
> Andrew
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