Hostapd
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hostapd is a user space daemon. There are three: Jouni Malinen's hostapd, OpenBSD's hostapd and Devicescape's hostapd.
for access point
and authentication server
s. It implements IEEE 802.11
access point management, IEEE 802.1X
/WPA
/WPA2/EAP
Authenticators, RADIUS
client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux
(Host AP
, MadWifi, Prism54 and some of the drivers which use the kernel's mac80211 subsystem), FreeBSD
(net80211), and DragonFlyBSD.
-based wireless networks. It implements Inter Access Point Protocol
(IAPP) for exchanging station association information between access points. It can trigger a set of actions like frame injection or logging when receiving specified IEEE 802.11
frames.
Jouni Malinen's hostapd
Jouni Malinen's hostapd is a user space daemonDaemon (computer software)
In Unix and other multitasking computer operating systems, a daemon is a computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the direct control of an interactive user...
for access point
Wireless access point
In computer networking, a wireless access point is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or related standards...
and authentication server
Authentication server
Authentication servers are servers that provide authentication services to users or other systems via networking. Remotely placed users and other servers authenticate to such a server, and receive cryptographic tickets...
s. It implements IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards for implementing wireless local area network computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee . The base version of the standard IEEE 802.11-2007 has had subsequent...
access point management, IEEE 802.1X
IEEE 802.1X
IEEE 802.1X is an IEEE Standard for port-based Network Access Control . It is part of the IEEE 802.1 group of networking protocols. It provides an authentication mechanism to devices wishing to attach to a LAN or WLAN....
/WPA
Wi-Fi Protected Access
Wi-Fi Protected Access and Wi-Fi Protected Access II are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks...
/WPA2/EAP
Extensible Authentication Protocol
Extensible Authentication Protocol, or EAP, is an authentication framework frequently used in wireless networks and Point-to-Point connections. It is defined in RFC 3748, which made RFC 2284 obsolete, and was updated by RFC 5247....
Authenticators, RADIUS
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service is a networking protocol that provides centralized Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting management for computers to connect and use a network service...
client, EAP server, and RADIUS authentication server. The current version supports Linux
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
(Host AP
HostAP
HostAP is one of the most popular IEEE 802.11 device drivers for Linux. It works with cards using the Conexant Prism 2/2.5/3 chipset and support Host AP mode, which allows a WLAN card to perform all the functions of a wireless access point....
, MadWifi, Prism54 and some of the drivers which use the kernel's mac80211 subsystem), FreeBSD
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX. Although for legal reasons FreeBSD cannot be called “UNIX”, as the direct descendant of BSD UNIX , FreeBSD’s internals and system APIs are UNIX-compliant...
(net80211), and DragonFlyBSD.
OpenBSD's hostapd
OpenBSD's hostapd is a user space daemon that helps to improve roaming and monitoring of OpenBSDOpenBSD
OpenBSD is a Unix-like computer operating system descended from Berkeley Software Distribution , a Unix derivative developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It was forked from NetBSD by project leader Theo de Raadt in late 1995...
-based wireless networks. It implements Inter Access Point Protocol
Inter-Access Point Protocol
IEEE 802.11F or Inter-Access Point Protocol is a recommendation that describes an optional extension to IEEE 802.11 that provides wireless access point communications among multivendor systems. 802.11 is a set of IEEE standards that govern wireless networking transmission methods...
(IAPP) for exchanging station association information between access points. It can trigger a set of actions like frame injection or logging when receiving specified IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11
IEEE 802.11 is a set of standards for implementing wireless local area network computer communication in the 2.4, 3.6 and 5 GHz frequency bands. They are created and maintained by the IEEE LAN/MAN Standards Committee . The base version of the standard IEEE 802.11-2007 has had subsequent...
frames.