---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2006-264
2006-04-03
---------------------------------------------------------------------Product     : Fedora Core 5
Name        : wpa_supplicant
Version     : 0.4.8                      
Release     : 7.fc5                  
Summary     : WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant
Description :
wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with support
for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA
component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation
with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11
authentication/association of the wlan driver.

---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

This update works around older and 3rd-party drivers that
report wireless network names incorrectly, causing
wpa_supplicant to prematurely terminate a wireless connection.
---------------------------------------------------------------------* Sun Apr  2 2006 Dan Williams  - 0.4.8-7
- Work around older & incorrect drivers that return null-terminated SSIDs

---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from:
  
2c44fd857138c0274904925cbf98f908bf8be403  SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.src.rpm
d6ee34e13d647000b58876d5038a3cd819fb84b7  ppc/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm
09dd66eea2868cf8a3bcf6a97db6c95acf135ab4  ppc/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm
5f24b38d407bdbd8ea24919055d1b1d74038222e  ppc/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm
6e10a585572c1441ef50d00ada4bb04c32e0328f  x86_64/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm
b31cd1cc517fd498ae2bef6d1471eafb97790d49  x86_64/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm
e97025c608ad4bd3dbf268c6dd032639e984040c  x86_64/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm
68b4011d34e5575cf7362ab93c05e2061fd759b4  i386/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm
d6e5d53f85f7098375ef17087a28f1fe12b61fdc  i386/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm
6b3437edbe7a889c2edaa945f37cbc491e7eb655  i386/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program.  Use 'yum update
package-name' at the command line.  For more information, refer to 'Managing
Software with yum,' available at .
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Fedora Core 5 Update: wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5

April 3, 2006
This update works around older and 3rd-party drivers that report wireless network names incorrectly, causing wpa_supplicant to prematurely terminate a wireless connection.

Summary

wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with support

for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA

component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation

with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11

authentication/association of the wlan driver.

This update works around older and 3rd-party drivers that

report wireless network names incorrectly, causing

wpa_supplicant to prematurely terminate a wireless connection.

- Work around older & incorrect drivers that return null-terminated SSIDs

2c44fd857138c0274904925cbf98f908bf8be403 SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.src.rpm

d6ee34e13d647000b58876d5038a3cd819fb84b7 ppc/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm

09dd66eea2868cf8a3bcf6a97db6c95acf135ab4 ppc/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm

5f24b38d407bdbd8ea24919055d1b1d74038222e ppc/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm

6e10a585572c1441ef50d00ada4bb04c32e0328f x86_64/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm

b31cd1cc517fd498ae2bef6d1471eafb97790d49 x86_64/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm

e97025c608ad4bd3dbf268c6dd032639e984040c x86_64/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm

68b4011d34e5575cf7362ab93c05e2061fd759b4 i386/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm

d6e5d53f85f7098375ef17087a28f1fe12b61fdc i386/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm

6b3437edbe7a889c2edaa945f37cbc491e7eb655 i386/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm

This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update

package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing

Software with yum,' available at .

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FEDORA-2006-264 2006-04-03 Name : wpa_supplicant Version : 0.4.8 Release : 7.fc5 Summary : WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant Description : wpa_supplicant is a WPA Supplicant for Linux, BSD and Windows with support for WPA and WPA2 (IEEE 802.11i / RSN). Supplicant is the IEEE 802.1X/WPA component that is used in the client stations. It implements key negotiation with a WPA Authenticator and it controls the roaming and IEEE 802.11 authentication/association of the wlan driver. This update works around older and 3rd-party drivers that report wireless network names incorrectly, causing wpa_supplicant to prematurely terminate a wireless connection. - Work around older & incorrect drivers that return null-terminated SSIDs 2c44fd857138c0274904925cbf98f908bf8be403 SRPMS/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.src.rpm d6ee34e13d647000b58876d5038a3cd819fb84b7 ppc/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm 09dd66eea2868cf8a3bcf6a97db6c95acf135ab4 ppc/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm 5f24b38d407bdbd8ea24919055d1b1d74038222e ppc/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.ppc.rpm 6e10a585572c1441ef50d00ada4bb04c32e0328f x86_64/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm b31cd1cc517fd498ae2bef6d1471eafb97790d49 x86_64/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm e97025c608ad4bd3dbf268c6dd032639e984040c x86_64/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.x86_64.rpm 68b4011d34e5575cf7362ab93c05e2061fd759b4 i386/wpa_supplicant-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm d6e5d53f85f7098375ef17087a28f1fe12b61fdc i386/wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm 6b3437edbe7a889c2edaa945f37cbc491e7eb655 i386/debug/wpa_supplicant-debuginfo-0.4.8-7.fc5.i386.rpm This update can be installed with the 'yum' update program. Use 'yum update package-name' at the command line. For more information, refer to 'Managing Software with yum,' available at . fedora-announce-list mailing list fedora-announce-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-list

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Version : 0.4.8
Release : 7.fc5
Summary : WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant

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