From: Arowa Suliman Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2021 23:44:24 +0000 (-0700) Subject: wpa_supplicant: hostapd: Remove man-in-the-middle X-Git-Tag: hostap_2_10~121 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2fb33ce4b6229c6bcd0967e79e0bda0a5879b993;p=thirdparty%2Fhostap.git wpa_supplicant: hostapd: Remove man-in-the-middle Replace man-in-the-middle attacks with on-path attacks which is gender-neutral and commonly used. Signed-off-by: Arowa Suliman --- diff --git a/hostapd/hostapd.conf b/hostapd/hostapd.conf index dbdd3d7fb..6b807f489 100644 --- a/hostapd/hostapd.conf +++ b/hostapd/hostapd.conf @@ -1837,7 +1837,7 @@ own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1 #assoc_sa_query_retry_timeout=201 # ocv: Operating Channel Validation -# This is a countermeasure against multi-channel man-in-the-middle attacks. +# This is a countermeasure against multi-channel on-path attacks. # Enabling this depends on the driver's support for OCV when the driver SME is # used. If hostapd SME is used, this will be enabled just based on this # configuration. diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf index e3ae77114..fa257f3de 100644 --- a/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf +++ b/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf @@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ fast_reauth=1 # WPA3-Personal-only mode: ieee80211w=2 and key_mgmt=SAE # # ocv: whether operating channel validation is enabled -# This is a countermeasure against multi-channel man-in-the-middle attacks. +# This is a countermeasure against multi-channel on-path attacks. # Enabling this automatically also enables ieee80211w, if not yet enabled. # 0 = disabled (default) # 1 = enabled if wpa_supplicant's SME in use. Otherwise enabled only when the