FILS unfortunately is a special case when it comes to fast transition.
We have to process the FT IEs internally since we cannot trigger the
same initial mobility association code path (via netdev).
Since ERP is only used for FILS and not behaving in the 'normal' ERP
fashion (dealing with actual EAP data, timeouts etc.) we can structure
ERP as a more synchronous protocol, removing the need for a complete
callback.
Now, erp_rx_packet returns a status, so FILS can decide how to handle
any failures. The complete callback was also removed in favor of a
getter for the RMSK (erp_get_rmsk). This allows FILS to syncronously
handle ERP, and potentially fail directly in fils_rx_authenticate.
The TLV builder APIs were not very intuative, and in some (or all)
cases required access to the builder structure directly, either to
set the TLV buffer or to get the buffer at the end.
This change adds a new API, ie_tlv_builder_set_data, which both sets
the length for the current TLV and copies the TLV data in one go.
This will avoid the need for memcpy(ie_tlv_builder_get_data(...),...)
ie_tlv_builder_finalize was also changed to return a pointer to the
start of the build buffer. This will eliminate the need to access
builder.tlv after building the TLVs.
ie_tlv_builder_init was changed to take an optional buffer to hold
the TLV data. Passing NULL/0 will build the TLV in the internal
buffer. Passing in a pointer and length will build into the passed
in buffer.
FILS (Fast Initial Link Setup) allows a station to negotiate a PTK during
authentication and association. This allows for a faster connection as
opposed to doing full EAP and the 4-way. FILS uses ERP (EAP Reauth Protocol)
to achieve this, but encapsulates the ERP data into an IE inside
authenticate frames. Association is then used to verify both sides have
valid keys, as well as delivering the GTK/IGTK.
FILS will work similar to SAE/OWE/FT where netdev registers a fils_sm, and
then forwards all Auth/Assoc frame data to and from the FILS module.
Denis Kenzior