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Re: [[cat-users]] Hashing user's password in wpa_supplicant config file on Linux

From: A.L.M.Buxey AT lboro.ac.uk
To: Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl>
Cc: cat-users AT lists.geant.org
Subject: Re: [[cat-users]] Hashing user's password in wpa_supplicant config file on Linux
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 19:31:13 +0000

Hi,

> > however, dont store it, just ensure that you have the network defined, and
> > then use wpa_cli to activate it - you then get askeed username/password.
> And will this be stored somewhere for later use by wpa_supplicant?
> Really writing the wpa_config file is only for advanced users who know
> what to do with this information...

wpa_cli controlls wpa_supplicant. the info is dyanmic, not stored.

set disabled=1 in the network {} section, then,

wpa_cli identity 0 <userid>
wpa_cli password 0 <password>
wpa_cli enable_network 0
(then wpa_cli status to get the status)

it means nothing is stored...if you are paranoid, dont trust access to the
file,
dont have encrypted system disk etc etc

alan

[[cat-users]] Hashing user's password in wpa_supplicant config file on Linux, Ondřej Caletka, 03/16/2017
- Re: [[cat-users]] Hashing user's password in wpa_supplicant config file on Linux, Tomasz Wolniewicz, 03/16/2017
- Re: [[cat-users]] Hashing user's password in wpa_supplicant config file on Linux, A . L . M . Buxey, 03/16/2017
  - Re: [[cat-users]] Hashing user's password in wpa_supplicant config file on Linux, Tomasz Wolniewicz, 03/16/2017
    - Re: [[cat-users]] Hashing user's password in wpa_supplicant config file on Linux, A . L . M . Buxey, 03/16/2017