net-wireless/wpa_supplicant (gentoo)

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Description:
IEEE 802.1X/WPA supplicant for secure wireless transfers
Homepage:
https://w1.fi/wpa_supplicant/
License:
|| ( GPL-2 BSD )

Versions

Version EAPI Keywords Slot
9999 8
2.11-r4 8
2.11-r3 8
2.11 8
2.10-r6 8

Metadata

Maintainers

Upstream

Raw Metadata XML
<pkgmetadata>
	<maintainer type="person">
		<email>zerochaos@gentoo.org</email>
		<name>Rick Farina</name>
	</maintainer>
	<use>
		<flag name="ap">Add support for access point mode</flag>
		<flag name="broadcom-sta">Flag to help users disable features not supported by broadcom-sta driver</flag>
		<flag name="eap-sim">Add support for EAP-SIM authentication algorithm</flag>
		<flag name="eapol-test">Build and install eapol_test binary</flag>
		<flag name="fasteap">Add support for FAST-EAP authentication algorithm</flag>
		<flag name="fils">Add support for Fast Initial Link Setup (802.11ai)</flag>
		<flag name="hs2-0">Add support for 802.11u and Passpoint for HotSpot 2.0</flag>
		<flag name="macsec">Add support for wired macsec</flag>
		<flag name="mbo">Add support Multiband Operation</flag>
		<flag name="mesh">Add support for mesh mode</flag>
		<flag name="p2p">Add support for Wi-Fi Direct mode</flag>
		<flag name="ps3">Add support for ps3 hypervisor driven gelic wifi</flag>
		<flag name="privsep">Enable wpa_priv privledge separation binary</flag>
		<flag name="tdls">Add support for Tunneled Direct Link Setup (802.11z)</flag>
		<flag name="tkip">Add support for WPA TKIP (deprecated due to security flaws in 2009)</flag>
		<flag name="uncommon-eap-types">Add support for GPSK, SAKE, GPSK_SHA256, IKEV2 and EKE</flag>
		<flag name="wep">Add support for Wired Equivalent Privacy (deprecated due to security flaws in 2004)</flag>
		<flag name="wps">Add support for Wi-Fi Protected Setup</flag>
		<flag name="wimax">Add support for Wimax EAP-PEER authentication algorithm</flag>
		<flag name="smartcard">Add support for smartcards</flag>
	</use>
	<upstream>
		<remote-id type="cpe">cpe:/a:wpa_supplicant:wpa_supplicant</remote-id>
	</upstream>
</pkgmetadata>

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USE Flags

Flag Description 9999 2.11-r4 2.11-r3 2.11 2.10-r6
ap Add support for access point mode
broadcom-sta Flag to help users disable features not supported by broadcom-sta driver
dbus Enable dbus support for anything that needs it (gpsd, gnomemeeting, etc)
eap-sim Add support for EAP-SIM authentication algorithm
eapol-test Build and install eapol_test binary
fasteap Add support for FAST-EAP authentication algorithm
fils Add support for Fast Initial Link Setup (802.11ai)
gui Enable support for a graphical user interface
hs2-0 Add support for 802.11u and Passpoint for HotSpot 2.0
macsec Add support for wired macsec
mbo Add support Multiband Operation
mesh Add support for mesh mode
p2p Add support for Wi-Fi Direct mode
privsep Enable wpa_priv privledge separation binary
ps3 Add support for ps3 hypervisor driven gelic wifi
qt6 Add support for the Qt 6 application and UI framework
readline Enable support for libreadline, a GNU line-editing library that almost everyone wants
selinux !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
smartcard Add support for smartcards
tdls Add support for Tunneled Direct Link Setup (802.11z)
tkip Add support for WPA TKIP (deprecated due to security flaws in 2009)
uncommon-eap-types Add support for GPSK, SAKE, GPSK_SHA256, IKEV2 and EKE
wep Add support for Wired Equivalent Privacy (deprecated due to security flaws in 2004)
wimax Add support for Wimax EAP-PEER authentication algorithm
wps Add support for Wi-Fi Protected Setup

Files

Manifest

Type File Size Versions
DIST wpa_supplicant-2.11.tar.gz 3841433 bytes 2.11
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DIST wpa_supplicant-2.10.tar.gz 3511622 bytes