Yes, OpenIPMI ignores the per-msg auth flag right now and always assumes per-message authentication. It has not been a problem, but would be easy to add.
-Corey Albert Chu wrote: >Hi Corey and all, > >I'm working with a vendor to help them figure out (what I believe to be >a) compliance bug in their firmware related to the permsg-auth flag. It >was brought up that 'ipmicmd' worked with their hardware but that >ipmipower (in FreeIPMI) and ipmitool did not work. > >Does 'ipmicmd' and the OpenIPMI library alter their packet behavior >based on the contents of the permsg authentication flag returned in a >get authentication capability response? As far as I can tell (mostly >from auth_cap_done() in ipmi_lan.c) 'ipmicmd' does not read the permsg >authentication flag and assumes it is enabled all the time. (For this >particular situation, that would explain why ipmicmd worked.) > >I don't know the OpenIPMI code as well as others, so I just wanted to >verify that what I've analyzed is in fact correct. > >Thanks, >Al > >-- >Albert Chu >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >925-422-5311 >Computer Scientist >High Performance Systems Division >Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files >for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes >searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! >http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Openipmi-developer mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ Openipmi-developer mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openipmi-developer
