Re: WPA-EAP with phase2

[Ralf Rublack <ralf-rublack gmx de>]

Am Tue, 22 May 2007 13:40:11 +0000 (UTC)
schrieb Volker Braun <volker braun physik hu-berlin de>:

> Why does network manager insist on setting the pairwise/group ciphers
> at all? The wpa_supplicant default is
> 
>   pairwise=CCMP TKIP
>   group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
> 
> and that should cover all bases. Side effect: one less configuration 
> option, yay! 
See to me a good way
> 
> For those that transmit sensitive information via broadcast  one
> could have a checkbox "Avoid WEP ciphers" or some such. But in that
> scenario these ciphers really have to be turned off on the AP side,
> disallowing them on the client side just makes it impossible to
> connect.
> 
> Irregardless, I really don't understand why anybody would use 
> pairwise=TKIP and group=WEP104. Old hardware that only needs to see 
> broadcast packets? 
> 
A question to ask the admin on the University of Leipzig :-)
> Volker
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 21 May 2007 15:48:38 +0200, Ralf Rublack wrote:
> > I try to connect to a wireless network with follow configuration
> > (from my wpa_cupplicant.conf)
> > 	key_mgmt=WPA-EAP
> >         eap=TTLS
> >         proto=WPA
> >         pairwise=TKIP
> >         group=WEP104
> >         phase2="auth=PAP"
> 
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