netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND wpan 00/15] net: ieee802154: forbid sec params for monitors

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Date:   Mon, 5 Apr 2021 07:51:59 -0400
From:   Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
To:     Alexander Aring <aahringo@...hat.com>
Cc:     Stefan Schmidt <stefan@...enfreihafen.org>,
        linux-wpan - ML <linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:NETWORKING [GENERAL]" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Du Cheng <ducheng2@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND wpan 00/15] net: ieee802154: forbid sec params for monitors

Hi,

On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 20:31, Alexander Aring <aahringo@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> this patch series contains fixes to forbid various security parameters
> settings for monitor types. Monitor types doesn't use the llsec security
> currently and we don't support it. With this patch series the user will
> be notified with a EOPNOTSUPP error that for monitor interfaces security
> is not supported yet. However there might be a possibility in future
> that the kernel will decrypt frames with llsec information for sniffing
> frames and deliver plaintext to userspace, but this isn't supported yet.
>

cc: Du Cheng by request.

- Alex