hostapd: Expose the tdls_prohibit option to UCI
authorTimo Sigurdsson <public_timo.s@silentcreek.de>
Tue, 14 Nov 2017 20:41:29 +0000 (21:41 +0100)
committerStijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
Wed, 6 Dec 2017 23:57:29 +0000 (01:57 +0200)
commit6515887ed9b3f312635409702113dca7c14043e5
tree03c27cb7898eb3c1d32130ae3c06df2177f3951e
parentf9974786551750ea47cd1faf1e739d6a39ec2dc7
hostapd: Expose the tdls_prohibit option to UCI

wpa_disable_eapol_key_retries can't prevent attacks against the
Tunneled Direct-Link Setup (TDLS) handshake. Jouni Malinen suggested
that the existing hostapd option tdls_prohibit can be used to further
complicate this possibility at the AP side. tdls_prohibit=1 makes
hostapd advertise that use of TDLS is not allowed in the BSS.

Note: If an attacker manages to lure both TDLS peers into a fake
AP, hiding the tdls_prohibit advertisement from them, it might be
possible to bypass this protection.

Make this option configurable via UCI, but disabled by default.

Signed-off-by: Timo Sigurdsson <public_timo.s@silentcreek.de>
package/network/services/hostapd/files/hostapd.sh