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aeswepd 0.3
Copyright 2002,2003 Lennart Poettering <mznrfjrcq (at) 0pointer (dot)
de>
* [1]License
* [2]News
* [3]Overview
* [4]Status
* [5]Documentation
* [6]Requirements
* [7]Installation
* [8]Acknowledgements
* [9]Download
License
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
News
Fri Sep 13 2003:
[10]Version 0.3 released, splitted from [11]waproamd, added
documentation, manpage, some bug fixes.
Overview
What is it? waproamd is a Linux WLAN roaming daemon for IEEE 802.11b
cards supported by a driver with wireless extension API. It may be
used for configuring WEP keys according to the WLANs available. It is
intended to be used in conjunction with ifplugd, which configures your
network automatically whenever an association with an AP suceeded.
waproamd is intended to be used together with ifplugd.
A short overview on the daemons involved and how they work together:
waproamd: when not associated waproamd does periodic scans and tries
to associate to a sensible AP by running a script in
/etc/waproamd/scripts
(built from waproamd-xxx.tar.gz)
aeswepd: A daemon for doing AES based WEP rekeying, it is called by
/etc/waproamd/scripts/default if
/etc/waproamd/keys/[AP-MAC-ADDRESS].aes exists. It implements an
algorithm which is not standardized and only compatible with APs
using aeswepd as well. aeswepd may be used without waproamd. The
opposite is true as well.
If you create a root-owned directory /var/lib/aeswepd all running
aeswepd instances will save the current wep keys to a file therein
which may be accessed via "aeswepls".
(built from waproamd-xxx.tar.gz too)
ifplugd: if an association succeeded ifplugd runs ifup for the
device (and ifdown if it is lost again)
(built from ifplugd-xxx.tar.gz)
waproamd will not issue scans while associated.
The algorithm to select an AP if multiple are available is rather
simple: The first AP which has a script named by the AP MAC address
available in /etc/waproamd/scripts/ is seleted. If none has suh a
script /etc/waproamd/scripts/default is run for the first AP.
waproamd requires libdaemon.
waproamd is tested with hostap 0.0.3 only, with other drivers
ymmv. The host roaming feature of newer hostap releases might be
useful, however it is broken on 0.0.3 and not required by waproamd.
Update: waproamd works fine with 0.0.4
waproamd requires a driver supporting the wireless extension v15 or
newer. Drivers supporting the iwevent ("wireless events") API are
useful, however not required. Unfortunately support for this API
cannot be detected automatically. Use the "-e" switch to disable it.
waproamd requires a driver supporting scanning (iwlist scan) for
detecting the networks available.
There is no need to compile, nor to install aeswepd if your interest is
limited to waproamd only. See "configure --help" for more information.
no manpages, no further documentation included. Read the source, luke!
waproamd relies on autoconf/automake for source code configuration and
building.
The software packages involved are available from the following URLs:
http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/waproamd/
http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/
http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/ifplugd/
Status
Version 0.3 is stable and has all the sensible features its users
could think of.
Documentation
Have a look on the man pages [12]aeswepd(8), [13]ifstatus(8),
[14]aeswepd.conf(5). (A XSLT capable browser is required)
Configuration
Troubleshooting
FAQ
Requirements
A newer Linux Kernel (I think 2.2 is good enough, alltough I tested it
only with 2.4) with a compatible device driver and ethernet card. Most
modern cards and drivers are compatible, like mine which works with
the 8139too driver.
aeswepd was developed and tested on Debian GNU/Linux "testing" from
July 2003, it should work on most other Linux distributions (and maybe
Unix versions) since it uses GNU autoconf and GNU libtool for source
code configuration and shared library management.
The machine used was a Medion 9580-F laptop with a Realtek 8139
network card and a PRISM1 PCMCIA wireless LAN card.
aeswepd needs [15]libdaemon.
Installation
As this package is made with the GNU autotools you should run
./configure inside the distribution directory for configuring the
source tree. After that you should run make for compilation and make
install (as root) for installation of aeswepd.
Acknowledgements
None so far
Download
The newest release is always available from
[16]http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/aeswepd/
The current release is [17]0.3
Get aeswepd's development sources from the [18]Subversion
[19]repository.
_________________________________________________________________
Lennart Poettering <mznrfjrcq (at) 0pointer (dot) de>, October 2003
$Id$
References
1. README#license
2. README#news
3. README#overview
4. README#status
5. README#documentation
6. README#requirements
7. README#installation
8. README#acks
9. README#download
10. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/aeswepd/aeswepd-0.3.tar.gz
11. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/waproamd
12. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/aeswepd/aeswepd.8.xml
13. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/aeswepd/ifstatus.8.xml
14. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/aeswepd/aeswepd.conf.5.xml
15. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/
16. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/aeswepd/
17. http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/aeswepd/aeswepd-0.3.tar.gz
18. http://subversion.tigris.org/
19. https://seth.intheinter.net:8081/svn/aeswepd/
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