Garrett D'Amore On 01/17/08 04:47 wrote: > Russell Mitchell wrote: > >>> (There's no AES 256 support or even a kernel crypto framework; there is no >>> support for wireless of any kind in S8, so you will need to supply your >>> own wireless toolset). >>> >>> Why Solaris 8? >>> >>> >> It's actually Trusted Solaris 8, and we're stuck with it for a couple more >> years. Migration to Solaris 10 with Trusted Extensions is going on in >> parallel. >> >> I was hoping to back port from the following OpenSolaris source: >> >> - wpa_supplicant >> - atheros wireless driver (GLD2 version) >> >> > I don't believe there is a GLDv2 version of the Atheros WiFi. It might > not be too difficult ot create, I'm not sure. > Actually, ath 0.5 and earlier versions on opensolaris.org use GLDv2. (http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/ath/)
Judy > >> - wificonfig utilities >> - crypto framework >> - 802.11 stack >> >> Is the source for all of the above open? >> >> > > All of it is open, except the Atheros HAL (which is a freely > redistributable *binary*), in OpenSolaris. > > -- Garrett > >> /Russ
